6/25/2023 0 Comments Bliss by peter carey![]() ![]() Harry Joy, the central character in Bliss, is a partner in an advertising agency in a subtropical Australian town. In Bliss, his second book, the Australian novelist Peter Carey describes both places, and Hell is again the more memorable. Heaven is paradoxically the place of negatives-no disease, no pain, no naughtiness-while Hell tends to be the vivid, highly-colored place, well-illuminated by the eternal fires, populated with interesting people, that captures the imagination. It may well be heavenly to eat a chocolate sundae, but contemplating an eternity of slurping confectionery is another thing. It is ourselves a night in August when the air conditioning breaks down cocktail parties the Bronx war-the long list is both profound and banal. MOST OF US, if we think about it, have more precise ideas about what Hell is like than the other place. ![]() By JUDITH CHETTLE JUDITH CHETTLE is a Washington writer. ![]()
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