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Faith: Stories: Short Fiction on the Varieties and Vagaries of Faith - Sister Imelda

By C. Michael Curtis , Edna O’Brien

Book information

Publisher
Mariner Books
Year
2003
ISBN
0618378243, 9780618378241
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5649411 bytes)
Series
Sister Imelda
Pages
336\19
Topic
Religion
Time added
2017-12-19 07:37:38
Literature & Fiction;African American;Amish & Menn

Description

Expanding the conversation begun in God: Stories, this important gathering of writers explores the diverse world of faith in all its guises: Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, Quaker, and Confucian beliefs, as well as Jewish and Christian ones. From James A. Michener to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, from Amy Tan to Hanif Kureishi, Faith: Stories investigates the boundaries of faith and ritual in everyday life. In one story, a one-eyed Chinese child learns that all heavens are not the same. In another, a wealthy moneylender finds a relic of the Prophet Muhammad and decides to keep it instead of returning it to its shrine. In a third, a father whose son begins to blindly preach the Koran becomes engaged in a fanaticism of his own. With subtlety and surprise, wit and candor, these stories explore issues of faith such as sacrifice, superstition, myth, and disbelief. Together they form an illuminating prism of the religious experience in today's world.

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