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Discover a profound literary journey with 'The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast' by John L'Heureux. This masterful collection of short stories invites readers to grapple with life's most pressing questions of morality and faith. Each narrative unfolds with elegance, humor, and compassion, exploring themes of joy, doubt, and transcendence that shape our existence.
The stories within this trade paperback, published by A Public Space in 2021, are a testament to L'Heureux's striking vision as an American writer, engaging readers in breathtaking storytelling that surprises, entertains, and occasionally disturbs. The collection was carefully compiled as a legacy of a profound literary career, showcasing L'Heureux's ability to merge the ordinary with the extraordinary.
In this compelling work, a nun's car crash, an unborn child’s song, and a troubled priest's quest for a new life in London are just the starting points of tales that delve deep into the human experience. With each turn of the page, readers encounter a cinematic exploration of life’s stark realities, underscored by the redemptive nature of love.
Critics acclaim 'The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast' as a sweeping posthumous collection that wrestles with faith and irony. The Wall Street Journal notes its savagely powerful storytelling, while Financial Times celebrates its luminous and surprising gems. Experience the bittersweet, darkly humorous, and tender narratives that will leave you yearning for more from this extraordinary master.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781733973083. Format: Trade paperback (US). Year: 2021. Publisher: A Public Space.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781733973083
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2021
Publisher: A Public Space
Description:
A nun crashes her car. An unborn child sings to its mother. A troubled priest is in the market for a London apartment.
In The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast, John L'Heureux explores head-on life's biggest questions, and the moments — of joy, doubt, transcendence — that alter the course of life. Compiled as he neared the end of his life, and conceived as the legacy of a life's work, The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast brims with elegance, humour, and compassion, welcoming both the ordinary and the rapturous. L'Heureux is a writer of astonishing vision — a master of storytelling and the sentence.
John L'Heureux spent his long, prolific career exploring questions of morality and faith in stories that entertain, surprise, and sometimes disturb; and The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast compiles the enduring stories of a distinctive American writer.
'A sweeping posthumous collection wrestles with faith, irony, and the redemptive nature of love.' — Kirkus, starred review
'Howling, savagely powerful short stories [that] dramatise the brutal collisions of divine will and human nature. They abound in grace.'— Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal
'This collection is luminous and breathtaking, varied and delightful and surprising, scattering perfectly shaped gems before us.' —Financial Times
'Darkly funny, bittersweet, audacious, tender... it is so sad to think that we will have no more short stories from this master of the form.'— Joyce Carol Oates
The stories within this trade paperback, published by A Public Space in 2021, are a testament to L'Heureux's striking vision as an American writer, engaging readers in breathtaking storytelling that surprises, entertains, and occasionally disturbs. The collection was carefully compiled as a legacy of a profound literary career, showcasing L'Heureux's ability to merge the ordinary with the extraordinary.
In this compelling work, a nun's car crash, an unborn child’s song, and a troubled priest's quest for a new life in London are just the starting points of tales that delve deep into the human experience. With each turn of the page, readers encounter a cinematic exploration of life’s stark realities, underscored by the redemptive nature of love.
Critics acclaim 'The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast' as a sweeping posthumous collection that wrestles with faith and irony. The Wall Street Journal notes its savagely powerful storytelling, while Financial Times celebrates its luminous and surprising gems. Experience the bittersweet, darkly humorous, and tender narratives that will leave you yearning for more from this extraordinary master.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781733973083. Format: Trade paperback (US). Year: 2021. Publisher: A Public Space.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781733973083
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2021
Publisher: A Public Space
Description:
A nun crashes her car. An unborn child sings to its mother. A troubled priest is in the market for a London apartment.
In The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast, John L'Heureux explores head-on life's biggest questions, and the moments — of joy, doubt, transcendence — that alter the course of life. Compiled as he neared the end of his life, and conceived as the legacy of a life's work, The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast brims with elegance, humour, and compassion, welcoming both the ordinary and the rapturous. L'Heureux is a writer of astonishing vision — a master of storytelling and the sentence.
John L'Heureux spent his long, prolific career exploring questions of morality and faith in stories that entertain, surprise, and sometimes disturb; and The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast compiles the enduring stories of a distinctive American writer.
'A sweeping posthumous collection wrestles with faith, irony, and the redemptive nature of love.' — Kirkus, starred review
'Howling, savagely powerful short stories [that] dramatise the brutal collisions of divine will and human nature. They abound in grace.'— Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal
'This collection is luminous and breathtaking, varied and delightful and surprising, scattering perfectly shaped gems before us.' —Financial Times
'Darkly funny, bittersweet, audacious, tender... it is so sad to think that we will have no more short stories from this master of the form.'— Joyce Carol Oates