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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... stop walking , I do not know why , could not stop . I moved over the hidden ancient ruts , my hard shoes clacking , shrug- ging myself down the hill . Red , the donkey . My shoes clacked , my parts flapped , and my red - and - gray ...
... stop walking , I do not know why , could not stop . I moved over the hidden ancient ruts , my hard shoes clacking , shrug- ging myself down the hill . Red , the donkey . My shoes clacked , my parts flapped , and my red - and - gray ...
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... stop , and then Mr. V holding the pitcher close to her face as if to scrape out her eyes with it , and that bitter smell of crushed lemons and her skin trembling from the words struck hard against it . Through the walls once , I heard ...
... stop , and then Mr. V holding the pitcher close to her face as if to scrape out her eyes with it , and that bitter smell of crushed lemons and her skin trembling from the words struck hard against it . Through the walls once , I heard ...
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... stop it . Old plumbing . If my father was alive , he would kick harder and better than any of us . That is what I thought . He would push his hands through his rock - gritty greasy hair , and curse and break the biggest window in the ...
... stop it . Old plumbing . If my father was alive , he would kick harder and better than any of us . That is what I thought . He would push his hands through his rock - gritty greasy hair , and curse and break the biggest window in the ...
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