{"title":"Christian","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"godric-paperback","title":"Godric - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrederick Buechner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrederick Buechner's \u003cem\u003eGodric\u003c\/em\u003e \"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, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"From the book's opening sentence...and sensible reader will be caught in \u003cem\u003eGodric\u003c\/em\u003e's grip...\u003cem\u003eGodric\u003c\/em\u003e glimmers brightly.\" -- Peter S. 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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, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"From the book's opening sentence...and sensible reader will be caught in \u003cem\u003eGodric\u003c\/em\u003e's grip...\u003cem\u003eGodric\u003c\/em\u003e glimmers brightly.\" -- Peter S. 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Edelson's artwork is filled with marvelously-alive characters who almost step from the pages.\" -- Ilene Cooper, Booklist, Sept. 15, 1995\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A lush new version of a traditional tale. . . . Well-chosen words and a nicely-paced text that begs to be told aloud. 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