Godric by Frederick Buechner

178 pages first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction historical reflective slow-paced

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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...

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