Description |
x, 318 pages ; 23 cm |
Note |
"A Mariner original." |
Summary |
These stories investigate the boundaries of faith and ritual in everyday life. With sublety and surprise, wit and candor, these stories explore issues of faith such as sacrifice, superstition, myth and disbelief. Together they form an illumninating prism of the religious experience in today's world. |
Contents |
Saved / Elizabeth Cox -- Very old man with enormous wings / Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Deacon / Mary Gordon -- Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- God's goodness / Marjorie Kemper -- My son the fanatic / Hanif Kureishi -- Comedian / John L. Heureux -- Voyage four / James A. Michener -- Priest and his love / Yukio Mishima -- At the seminary / Joyce Carol Oates -- Sister Imelda / Edna O'Brien -- Jilting of Granny Weatherall / Katherine Anne Porter -- Full day / Reynolds Price -- Third generation / Tova Reich -- Cello / Remy Rougeau -- Prophet's hair / Salman Rushdie -- Resurrection of a life / William Saroyan -- Night in the poor house / Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Mark of Vishnu / Khushwant Singh -- Fishers of men / Amy Tan -- Welcome table / Alice Walker -- I am the grass / Daly Walker -- Music on the Muscatatuck / Jessamyn West -- Ringworm / Kate Wheeler. |
Subject |
Religious fiction.
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Added Author |
Curtis, C. Michael.
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ISBN |
0618378243 |
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