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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... held the carved ivory grip of the gun , and with one hand he held the other hand . Just as before . Such weakness , so complete , I have seen only in men . We passed the fig tree and her odd children , the tamarisks . " She was a killer ...
... held the carved ivory grip of the gun , and with one hand he held the other hand . Just as before . Such weakness , so complete , I have seen only in men . We passed the fig tree and her odd children , the tamarisks . " She was a killer ...
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... held that flower of old bones to her breast , and bowed her head and smelled the flower . Or it seemed like she smelled it , the way she drew in her breath , so far inside . In my other hand I held her purse , small , almost empty ...
... held that flower of old bones to her breast , and bowed her head and smelled the flower . Or it seemed like she smelled it , the way she drew in her breath , so far inside . In my other hand I held her purse , small , almost empty ...
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... held each other's hands . When Recita opened her arms to them , they closed her in their circle without letting go of each other . trees . They looked at us , at Liz , at our snowy and unsnowy Faye said , " Lovely . " She held one hand ...
... held each other's hands . When Recita opened her arms to them , they closed her in their circle without letting go of each other . trees . They looked at us , at Liz , at our snowy and unsnowy Faye said , " Lovely . " She held one hand ...
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