The Devil and Pierre Gernet

Stories

David Bentley Hart

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Erdmans
22 February 2012

Fiction & Literature; Religious & spiritual fiction

"Brilliant scholar and wordsmith David Bentley Hart turns his mind and imagination to narrative fiction in this volume, The Devil and Pierre Gernet, a thought-provoking collection of four short stories and one novella. Anticipating questions about his shift in genre, Hart writes that ""God is no more likely (and probably a good deal less likely) to be found in theology than in poetry and fiction.""

These stories -- ""The Devil and Pierre Gernet,"" ""The House of Apollo,"" ""A Voice from the Emerald World,"" ""The Ivory Gate,"" and ""The Other"" -- beguile and entrance the reader through Hart's engrossing, opulent writing style and the complex characters he evokes and explores.

Often bedazzling, sometimes heartbreaking, and ultimately mesmerizing, Hart's wide-ranging stories are united by a common thread of haunting religious and philosophical questions about this life and the next. Here is fiction to fully engage both the mind and the heart."

By: David Bentley Hart
Imprint: Erdmans
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780802817686
ISBN 10: 0802817688
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 22 February 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Bentley Hart is a philosopher, theologian, writer, and cultural commentator who has taught at the University of Virginia, Duke University, and Providence College.

Reviews for The Devil and Pierre Gernet: Stories

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