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The Scholar of Moab
Book Cover
AuthorSteven L. Peck
LanguageEnglish
GenreDark comedy, Fiction, Mormon Fiction, Satire
PublishedDecember 2011 (Torrey House Press) [1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages302 [1]
ISBN978-1-937226-02-2 [1]
Website[1]

The Scholar of Moab is a 2011 novel written by Steven L. Peck.

The plot centers on Hyrum Thayne, a colorful Moab, Utah character, and the unresolved mysteries in his life.

The novel received an AML Award for best novel in 2011.[2]

Criticism

The Scholar of Moab was part of Common Consent's essential readings in Mormonism[3] and is read in at least one course on Mormon literature.[4] Rosalynde Welch writing in Dialogue called it "a wonderfully strange, deeply philosophical narrative that interrogates the nature of the first person" while drawing on Mormon traditions of diaries and regionalism.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c http://www.torreyhouse.org/#!the-scholar-of-moab/pmj49/
  2. ^ http://www.scholarofmoab.com/awards.html
  3. ^ Park, Benjamin (9 May 2013). ""What Books Should I Read?": Essential Readings in Mormonism for Every Member". By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  4. ^ Miner, Shelah. "Teaching Mormon Literature". associationmormonletters.org. Association for Mormon Letters. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  5. ^ Welch, Rosalynde (2012). "Faith and Doubt in the First-Person Singular" (PDF). Dialogue. 45 (4): 158. Retrieved 12 January 2017.