As wild as that may sound, wonder of wonders, the book is also carefully and lovingly created, taking the reader far into the lives and souls of its characters and bringing them. Ten thousand saints is based on a novel which i read about half of. Teenagers when the book begins, they specialize in petty theft. With empathy and masterful skill, eleanor henderson has conjured a rich portrait of the modern. The film stars asa butterfield as jude keffyhorn, the protagonist of the story. Eleanor henderson is in possession of an enormous talent which she has matched up with skill, ambition, and a fierce imagination. Ten thousand saints is well written, insightful, and entertaining. Ten thousand saints pulsates with fullblooded supporting characters who create a tragicabsurd tapestry of decay and rebellion in the ronald reagan years, from depressed new england to volatile. And enoch also, the seuenth from adam, prophesied of these, saying, behold, the lord commeth with ten thousands of his saints, king james version 1611 view 1611 bible scan it was also about these men that enoch, in the seventh generation from adam, prophesied, saying, behold, the lord came with many thousands of his holy ones.
An associate professor at ithaca college, she lives in ithaca, new york, with her husband and two sons. Is the book of enoch something of god, or is it a book of false doctrine that christians should stay away from. Mostly set in the lower east side of 1980s new york city, ten thousand saints is that rare book that paints scenes so. Ann patchett, bestselling author of bel canto and state of wonder a sweeping, multigenerational drama, set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring new york city during the late 1980s, ten thousand saints triumphantly heralds the arrival a remarkable. Ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novel. Ten thousand saints is a 2015 american drama film written and directed by shari springer. Ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novel a planet, a universe, a trip. Jude and teddy are teenagers celebrating the coming new year with some others, but unfortunately after a night of partying and drug taking, one of them doesnt live to see 1988. Were considering expanding this synopsis into a fulllength study guide to deepen your comprehension of the book and why its important. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson off the shelf.
Buy a cheap copy of ten thousand saints book by eleanor henderson. Jun 19, 2011 the knot of intimacy at the center of ten thousand saints is the friendship between teddy mcnicholas and jude keffyhorn. I remember this manhattan, the sunday matinees at cbs, the rage over yuppies colonizing the east village. Mostly set in the lower east side of 1980s new york city, ten thousand saints is that rare book that paints scenes so vividly you can imagine the movie in your head.
Now enoch, the seventh from adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, behold, the lord comes with ten thousands of his saints, king james bible and enoch also, the seventh from adam, prophesied of these, saying, behold, the lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, christian standard bible. Eleanor henderson author of the twelvemile straight. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It was a whole oeuvre of comics and graphic novels and we had to find a way to synthesize. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson goodreads. As wild as that may sound, wonder of wonders, the book is also carefully and lovingly created. The film premiered at the 2015 sundance film festival on january 23, 2015.
Mostly set in the lower east side of 1980s new york city, ten thousand saints is that rare book that paints scenes so vividly you can imagine the movie in your. Ten thousand saints audiobook, by eleanor henderson. Ann patchett, bestselling author of bel canto and state of wondera sweeping, multigenerational drama, set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring new york. This is a story of a group of teenagers struggling to come to terms with the death of a friend. Hed find elisa in brooklyn, starting her own family, and his best friend, believe it or not, about to become a father himself. Meghan orourke on a highoctane debut novel set in 1980s new york city. Jun 07, 2011 eleanor henderson is in possession of an enormous talent which she has matched up with skill, ambition, and a fierce imagination. With a starstudded ensemble cast, ten thousand saints tells the story of a group of friends and family members who come together in late80s. Now available in paperbacklearn morebuy the book ten thousand saints 10 best books of 2011, the new york times a years reading selection, the new yorker top 5 fiction title, o magazine top 10 debut fiction title by finalist, 2011 award for first fiction, l. Ten thousand saints is a history of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, but it is also a life lesson for every generation that ignores the importance of mothers and fathers in every human life. Moving back and forth between vermont and new york city, ten thousand saints is a story of a frazzled bunch of family members that were brought together by teddys sudden death due to an overdose, then carried along in anticipation of the birth of his child.
In the roiling, electrified streets of new york city in the 1980s, eliza, jude and johnny each show up wanting a place to hide from everything that has gone wrong, big and small, in their short lives. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. In johns description of the heavenly scene, he heard the voice of many angels. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel. Times longlist, impac dublin literary award a sweeping, multigenerational drama set. The ambition of ten thousand saints, eleanor hendersons debut novel about a group of unambitious lost souls, is beautiful. In saints, a straightedge coming of age set in the late 1980s, eleanor hendersons bittersweet ten thousand saints follows three teens as they search for belonging in a rapidly changing manhattan. The original word is muriasin, which is rendered myriads in several translations. Eleanor henderson was born in greece, grew up in florida, and attended middlebury college and the university of virginia. Ann patchett, bestselling author of bel canto and state of wonder. Ten thousand saints audiobook by eleanor henderson. Editions of ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson.
Moving back and forth between vermont and new york city, ten thousand saints is an emphatically observed story of a frayed tangle of family members brought painfully together by a death, then carried along in anticipation of a new and unexpected life. Aug 15, 2015 with a starstudded ensemble cast, ten thousand saints tells the story of a group of friends and family members who come together in late80s new york to help raise the unborn child of teenager. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In ten thousand saints, eleanor hendersons debut novel, the ghosts of st.
The knot of intimacy at the center of ten thousand saints is the friendship between teddy mcnicholas and jude keffyhorn. This is the trailer for the book ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson. It is based on the novel of the same name by eleanor henderson. I would say that from what i read of the book that the movie was fairly loyal to the source material but much like the book it was just sort of uninteresting. Set in the 1980s, a teenager from vermont moves to new york city to live with his father in east village. Well, were all human, and were all allowed to be wrong. The story is kind of flat and its hard to get engaged. I wanted to live inside its pages, where i could imagine not just the scenes themselves, but the cameras, the lights, the actors reading. Given the title of ten thousand saints, eleanor hendersons entertaining and readable debut novel, and the fact that its protagonist is named for saint jude, you might reasonably conclude that the book is about goodness, sainthood, moral transformation.
Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson, paperback barnes. Ann patchett, bestselling author of bel canto and state of wondera sweeping, multigenerational drama, set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring new york city during. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ten thousand saints. Ten thousand saints is a 2015 american drama film written and directed by shari springer berman and robert pulcini. Ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novela planet, a universe, a trip. Hers is a book where minor characters play the major roles. As wild as that may sound, wonder of wonders, the book is also carefully and lovingly created henderson writes with great compassion but does not flinch. Hed know that hed not been forgotten, even if the outlines of his face. In her vibrant debut, a sweeping comingofage novel set against the pulsing new york city punk scene of the late 1980s, eleanor henderson asks this and much more, bringing to life both a set of achingly real characters and the unique time in which they lived in ten thousand saints. Then i looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. One day she was taking out the trash and found a body chopped up in the dumpster behind her. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson in the roiling, electrified streets of new york city in the 1980s, eliza, jude and johnny each show up wanting a place to hide from everything that has gone wrong, big and small, in their short lives.
Jul 03, 2011 ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novel a planet, a universe, a trip. Aug 10, 2015 ten thousand saints was a difficult process because it is a long book with a lot of subplots, so organizing that material to figure out what to cut out is sometimes daunting. If teddy hadnt left us for good, if he was still somewhere up there, ten years later, hovering above the city and the troposphere of the earth, hed see a little heart transformed. Ten thousand saints by eleanor henderson, paperback. Sep 20, 2017 when i picked up eleanor hendersons ten thousand saints, a comingofage novel set in 1980s new york, i must have been overworked or underfed or, you know, temporarily insane, because for some reason, i put it down. The book of enoch is nonbiblical and pseudepigraphical what we have today is not written by enoch. Sep 12, 2017 ten thousand saints is a whirling dervish of a first novel. With ethan hawke, asa butterfield, hailee steinfeld, emily mortimer. Henderson debuts with a comingofage story set in the 1980s that departs from the genres familiar tropes to find a panoramic view of how the imperfect escape from our parents mistakes makes equall. As wild as that may sound, wonder of wonders, the book is also carefully and lovingly created, taking the reader far into the lives and souls of its characters and bringing them back out again, blinking in the bright light. Then i looked again, and i heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the. May 25, 2012 still, ten thousand saints has an intuitive grasp of the hungering souls of adolescents, and henderson cannily illuminates the contradictions at the core of straight edge the way violence. Ten thousand saints starts with new years eve in 1987.
By his own estimation, jude keffyhorn, the skateboarding teen drug abuser turned cleanliving proselytizer in eleanor hendersons first novel, ten thousand saints, is an inessential. Marks are brought back to lifehendersons book reads in part like an elegy. These three, thrown together by their parents mistakes and. Adopted by a pair of diehard hippies, restless, marginal jude. This summary of ten thousand saints includes a complete plot overview spoilers included. Still, ten thousand saints has an intuitive grasp of the hungering souls of adolescents, and henderson cannily illuminates the contradictions at the core of straight edge the way violence. Did jude quote from the book of enoch let us reason. Ann patchett, author of commonwealth i loved ten thousand saints. Jun 26, 2011 by his own estimation, jude keffyhorn, the skateboarding teen drug abuser turned cleanliving proselytizer in eleanor hendersons first novel, ten thousand saints, is an inessential. Ten thousand saints was a difficult process because it is a long book with a lot of subplots, so organizing that material to figure out what to cut out is sometimes daunting. While i dont use it to determine doctrine, i find it interesting and worth looking at in comparing to the foundation of scripture from the accepted canon of books. In the case of something like american splendor, it wasnt just a book.