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Eight Whopping Lies and Other Stories of Bruised Grace

Eight Whopping Lies and Other Stories of Bruised Grace

Brian Doyle

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Franciscan Media
Año de edición:
2017
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Biografía: general
ISBN:
9781632531650
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'Brian Doyle is an extraordinary writer whose tales will endure.' --Cynthia Ozick, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Quarrel and Quandary This is a guided tour through the mind of one of the most acclaimed voices in contemporary Catholic writing. Brian Doyle effortlessly connects the everyday with the inexpressible and consistently marries searingly honest prose with interruptions of humor and humanity. These essays bear Doyle’s trademark depth and deliver with eloquence his piercing observations on mohawks and miracles, vigils and velociraptors, syntax and scapulars, jail and jihad, and mercy beyond sense.A 2018 Catholic Press Association Book Award winner. The audio edition of this book can be downloaded via Audible.

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