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Speak What We Feel (Not What We Ought to Say): Reflections on Literature and Faith,Used
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In this compelling book, the great contemporary spiritual writer and novelist Frederick Buechner plumbs the mysteries and truths behind the literature that speaks to him most powerfully. Buechner presents the four authors who have been his greatest influences, focusing on the question that has emerged at the center of his lifehow to face mortality, failure, and tragedy. Through sensitive biographical exploration and close reading of Gerard Manley Hopkinss sublime later sonnets, Mark Twains Huckleberry Finn, G. K. Chestertons The Man Who Was Thursday, and William Shakespeares most powerful play, King Lear, Buechner invites readers to discover the deeper joy and purpose of reading. He shows how these writers by putting their passion and pain into their work have enabled him to bear the weight of his own grief and sadness by "speaking out from under the burden of theirs." Buechners ruminations on their writings leads to the revelation that God accepts us for doing the best we can, even if our lives are in some ways a failure; even if we have lived a life haunted by tragedy, as Buechners has been haunted by his fathers suicide.Buechner connects his readings to the fabric of his life and the lives of his subjects as he explores the ways in which these writers have shaped him and enhanced his faith. Buechners insights into the power and imagination of their work resonate with his love for all that literature has given him throughout his life a passion he generously shares with us in Speak What We Feel.
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