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Cosa succede quando un giovane teologo misantropo, che trascorre le giornate a distillare le parole dei santi, incontra una distillatrice di profumi? Il teologo abbandona Dio, il cielo e la sua gabbia di libri, per dedicarsi anima e corpo a quella donna meravigliosa che incarna una nuova religione. Un Bobin inedito, appassionato e passionale che, nel suo unico romanzo, dietro cui non è difficile riconoscere il racconto autobiografico...

Je m’égare un peu, ce livre ressemble de plus en plus à ce que ma mère me disait en me voyant sortir : tu ressembles à l'orage. Ce livre ressemble à l’orage, mais, somme toute, une promenade sous la pluie n’est jamais mauvaise, la joie y vient avec la peur.

Christian Bobin is one of the most prolific and best-selling inspirational writers in France. His 'lyric essays', neither prose nor poetry, utilise a limited vocabulary manipulated with the precision of a watchmaker. Bobin often obtains his effects through startling juxtapositions of the ordinary, aimed straight at the heart and not without the intention of drawing blood. Prevalent themes in his work include the natural world, the perspectives...

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Childhood, the pleasures of reading, loss, and joy are among the subjects featured in this collection of nine essays. In the fusing of memoir, short story, and reflective essay genres along with the spiritual expose of modern life, this meditative prose examines spirituality and living mindfully.

Containing 11 short, contemplative sketches--rarely more than 10 pages long--this collection reflects upon time, paying attention, solitude, companionship, and grace. In an era of increasingly cynical, mediatized or sensationalistic literature, the voice is a quiet plea for sanity, simplicity, and a return to the source.

How did we come to revere this thirteenth-century Italian merchant's son as a saint? This penetrating meditation provides what may be the best answer yet, by gently but sure-handedly cutting through every pious legend to discover what is timeless and universally true about Saint Francis.

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