[PDF.05rj] Wheat that Springeth Green (New York Review Books Classics)

Wheat that Springeth Green (New York Review Books Classics)

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 | #678038 in Books |  New York Review |  2000-05-31 |  2000-05-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.83 x5.00l, | File type: PDF | 352 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A book to read again; highly recommended|By Timothy J. Bazzett|I've been a fan of the late J F Powers for probably thirty years. Have read his classic novel of the Church in the 1950s, Morte D'Urban (New York Review Books Classics), at least 2-3 times. And also read his three books of stories. Can't figure out how I missed this one, WHEAT THAT SPRINGETH GREEN, his only other no|.com |During his famous journey through America in 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville was struck by the peculiar worldliness of religious practice. Unlike their European counterparts, who specialized in visions of heaven, "American preachers are constantly referrin

Wheat That Springeth Green, J. F. Powers's beautifully realized final work, is a comic foray into the commercialized wilderness of modern American life. Its hero, Joe Hackett, is a high school track star who sets out to be a saint. But seminary life and priestly apprenticeship soon damp his ardor, and by the time he has been given a parish of his own he has traded in his hair shirt for the consolations of baseball and beer. Meanwhile Joe's higher-ups are pressing ...

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