Wayfaring Essays Pleasant and Unpleasant |
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Author:
| Jacobs, Alan |
ISBN: | 978-0-8028-6568-7 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2010 |
Publisher: | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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Alan Jacobs is fond of the essay because it lets a writer do something that more formal pieces of writing cannot: follow the vagaries of the mind, let the writing follow its own path, encountering surprises and fresh insights along the way. In this new collection, Jacobs offers essays for companionable wayfaring. To be a Christian, he says, is to b
Alan Jacobs is fond of the essay because it lets a writer do something that more formal pieces of writing cannot: follow the vagaries of the mind, let the writing follow its own path, encountering surprises and fresh insights along the way. In this new collection, Jacobs offers essays for companionable wayfaring. To be a Christian, he says, is to b