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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... turned off the flashlight . " I must do something , " he said . He hummed , sadness escaping from him . He turned the flashlight on , pointed the light down . He made conversation with the toes of his shoes . Bishop shoes . One shoe ...
... turned off the flashlight . " I must do something , " he said . He hummed , sadness escaping from him . He turned the flashlight on , pointed the light down . He made conversation with the toes of his shoes . Bishop shoes . One shoe ...
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... turning them , snowing over them with the spray can pointed up . With the big hairbrush she brushed out clumps of white on branches that rained needles and broke away at the slightest touch . Her gloves slowly turned white , the gloves ...
... turning them , snowing over them with the spray can pointed up . With the big hairbrush she brushed out clumps of white on branches that rained needles and broke away at the slightest touch . Her gloves slowly turned white , the gloves ...
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Kevin McIlvoy. He turned on a light on his side of the confessional . " Me ? I do not sin enough . It is a bishop's curse . Too few opportuni- ties . " Through the window of our bedroom I hear humming : low , yearning sound , the way the ...
Kevin McIlvoy. He turned on a light on his side of the confessional . " Me ? I do not sin enough . It is a bishop's curse . Too few opportuni- ties . " Through the window of our bedroom I hear humming : low , yearning sound , the way the ...
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