The Power and the Glory (Twentieth Century Classics S.)
by Graham Greene | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0140184996 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0140184996 Global Overview for this book
Registered by starfish103198 of Stockton, California USA on 6/29/2004
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I had to read this book for a class, but I don't remember much of it right now. From the back cover:
The last priest is on the run. During an anti-clerical purge in one of the southern states of Mexico, he is hunted like a hare. Too human for heroism, too humble for martyrdom, the little worldly 'whisky priest' is nevertheless impelled towards his squalid Calvary as much by his own compassion for humanity as by the efforts of his pursuers. A baleful vulture of doom hovers over this modern crucifixion story, but above the vulture soars an eagle -- the inevitability of the Church's triumph.
The last priest is on the run. During an anti-clerical purge in one of the southern states of Mexico, he is hunted like a hare. Too human for heroism, too humble for martyrdom, the little worldly 'whisky priest' is nevertheless impelled towards his squalid Calvary as much by his own compassion for humanity as by the efforts of his pursuers. A baleful vulture of doom hovers over this modern crucifixion story, but above the vulture soars an eagle -- the inevitability of the Church's triumph.
Released in tnkbl's Diminishing Returns bookbox.
The Diminishing Returns bookbox has made it home, with this book inside. Thanks!
This is going out to bookish-angel, who, I believe, has gotten very, very lucky...
Rec'd from tnkbl as part of the 5th Tiara RABCK Sweepstakes. Thanks, tnkbl!
Could not get into this book.
Could not get into this book.
