Frederick Buechner
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Godric: A Novel
Frederick Buechner
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…
