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Brendan
An acclaimed author interweaves history and legend to re-create the life of a complex man of faith fifteen hundred years ago. Winner of the 1987 Christianity and Literature Book Award for Belles-Lettres.
Book Details
- Publisher: HarperOne
- Publish Date: Sep 14th, 1988
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.03in - 5.32in - 0.66in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9780060611781
- Categories: • Historical - General• Spirituality• Christian - Contemporary
About the Author
Buechner, Frederick: -
Frederick Buechner, author of more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction, is an ordained Presbyterian minister. He has been a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and was honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent work is Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith.
Praise for this book
"Ribald humor, piercing sorrows, and miraculous moments join seamlessly in Buechner's literary feast."--"Publishers Weekly""Strikingly convincing...sinewy and lyrical."--"New York Times Book Review""A grand, gaudy tale."--"The Atlantic""Exuberant...proves the power of faith to lift us up, to hold us straight, to send us on again."--"Washington Post Book World""A lusty, bawdy, teeming, festooning, dancing marvel of a book for anyone who cares about Ireland or Christianity or paganism or history or sailing or--reading."--Thomas Cahill, "Los Angeles Times Book Review"