HyssopTriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 1998 - 175 The friendship of a bishop and a self-proclaimed thief spans over 70 years in this stunning novel full of magic. "Hyssop" is an inquiry into the nature of religion, faith and belief, and into the power of moral dilemmas embedded in loving friendships and in spiritually rich but materially impoverished lives. |
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... arms pinning all its arms down . Down , I mean , and trees ' arms reach up , don't they ? Recita asked , " How old was her baby ? ” " I remember , " he said . " An infant . " The rest she said to me though she meant it for Eusebio ...
... arms pinning all its arms down . Down , I mean , and trees ' arms reach up , don't they ? Recita asked , " How old was her baby ? ” " I remember , " he said . " An infant . " The rest she said to me though she meant it for Eusebio ...
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... arm upon my own . She did not look at me , did not speak . The coldness of her flesh excited me . The fiddle made the good ... arms . He did not hear me . Cecilia heard , and repeated it to him over the screechy singing of the blind and ...
... arm upon my own . She did not look at me , did not speak . The coldness of her flesh excited me . The fiddle made the good ... arms . He did not hear me . Cecilia heard , and repeated it to him over the screechy singing of the blind and ...
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... arms , but for a moment I imag- ine they are Cecilia's arms . I smell the perfume I rubbed into her hair , the oil the Bishop anointed her with , her eyes , ears , nostrils , lips . I taste the salty bread of the Blessed Sacrament ...
... arms , but for a moment I imag- ine they are Cecilia's arms . I smell the perfume I rubbed into her hair , the oil the Bishop anointed her with , her eyes , ears , nostrils , lips . I taste the salty bread of the Blessed Sacrament ...
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