Bloodline: Of Peasants, Pilgrims and Poets
Larry Warkentin
Book DescriptionJune 7, 2011 Bloodline spans a thousand years of murder, sex, suicide and insanity, balanced by faith, family loyalty, pacifism and pilgrimage. It follows a family from the Middle Ages in Holland to the Twentieth Century in Oklahoma. The family chooses a unique faith--Anabaptist-Mennonite--and for that reason they are hounded across Europe by the political and religious establishment. The historical details have been carefully researched, however most of the characters are fictionalized. Each character is a storyteller speaking in the first person. Dialogue is written without quotation marks and identification of the persons speaking must be determined from the words spoken. |
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About the Author
Larry Warkentin's writing experience includes seven years as classical music critic for the Fresno Bee with a circulation of 200,000. He has published articles on Mennonite genealogy as well as academic articles on music. Three major sections of Bloodline have been broadcast by Fresno's NPR station on "Valley Writers Read". Bloodline is his first novel. His family history gives Bloodline its title. He holds a doctorate from the University of Southern California and is professor emeritus at Fresno Pacific University. He and his wife Paula live in Fresno, California and are members of North Fresno Mennonite Brethren Church.
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