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Godric

Godric

Buechner, Frederick

Paperback

Christian FictionGeneral ChristianityLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 0060611626
ISBN13: 9780060611620
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: Dec 22 1999
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.80
Language: English
Frederick Buechner's Godric retells the life of Godric of Finchale, a twelfth-century English holy man whose projects late in life included that of purifying his moral ambition of pride...Sin, spiritual yearning, rebirth, fierce asceticism--these hagiographic staples aren't easy to revitalize but Frederick Buechner goes at the task with intelligent intensity and a fine readiness to invent what history doesn't supply. He contrives a style of speech for his narrator--Godric himself--that's brisk and tough-sinewed...He avoids metaphysical fiddle, embedding his narrative in domestic reality--familiar affection, responsibilities, disasters...All on his own, Mr. Buechner has managed to reinvent projects of self-purification and of faith as piquant matter for contemporary fiction [in a book] notable for literary finish...Frederick Buechner is a very good writer indeed. -- Benjamin DeMott, The New York Times Book Review

From the book's opening sentence...and sensible reader will be caught in Godric's grip...Godric glimmers brightly. -- Peter S. Prescott, Newsweek

Godric is a memorable book...a marvelous gem of a book...destined to become a classic of its kind. -- Michael Heskett, Houston Chronicle

In the extraordinary figure of Godric, both stubborn outsider and true child of God, both worldly and unworldly, Frederick Buechner has found an ideal means of exploring the nature of spirituality. Godric is a living battleground where God fights it out with the world, the Flesh, and the Devil. -- London Times Literary Supplement

Wityh a poet's sensibly and a high reverent fancy, Frederick Buechner paints a memorable portrait. -- Edmund Fuller, The Wall Street Journal

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