Confessions |
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Translator:
| Wills, Garry |
Author:
| Augustine, Saint Augustine of Hippo Staff, |
Series title: | Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-303951-8 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.00 |
Book Description:
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Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustine's Confessionshave received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Wills's translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustine's Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion,...
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Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustine's Confessionshave received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Wills's translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustine's Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book.
- A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with French flaps and luxurious packaging
- Features a new introduction by the author
- Only four of the thirteen chapters of Garry Wills's translation of Confessions have appeared previously