This warm, richly detailed biography brings the beloved saint alive in all his human and profoundly spiritual dimensions.
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Julien Green, novelist and diarist, is the celebrated author of more than forty books, including The Closed Garden, The Transgressor, Moira, The Other Sleep, and Journals, 1938-1971. A pivotal figure in the Paris literary scene of the 1920s and 1930s, he became in 1971 the only American writer to be elected to the Academie Française.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
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A guide to taking Jesus seriously,
By driley7@gte.net (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: God's Fool: The Life of Francis of Assisi (Perennial library) (Paperback)
This book isn't a mere biography of St. Francis. Instead, it is a guide to the ethos and pathos that made Francis a saint. From a startlingly clear sighted examination of Francis's youth through to the unvarnished look at his death, this work rings true in the way the many "pious accounts" do not. And yet, despite staying true to the historical nature of Francis (who once said "Don't make a Saint of me too quickly, I am still perfectly capable of fathering a child"), the book resounds forcefully with the charism of this special folk hero. St. Francis's simple and unyielding commitment to take the Gospel seriously is a challenge to every Christian. This book makes that challenge clear and unambigious. I have read many biographies and collections of stories about St. Francis. This is one of the few, I think, that might not make the Seraphic Father wince.
34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
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a portrait of a saint,
By NotATameLion (Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: God's Fool: The Life of Francis of Assisi (Perennial library) (Paperback)
There are few books that deserve a full five stars as much as God's Fool. I love this book. Julien Green has written a compelling, thoughtful, and moving picture of St. Francis. Green lovingly synthesizes a ton of material about Francis into a story about what can happen to a fully human, fully sinful person when they are touched by the love of God. God's Fool was a joy to read. There are not many books that I have enjoyed more. I recommend it wholeheartedly to everybody.
28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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Thoughtful, inspiring, human view of St. Francis of Assisi.,
By eperry@clarionherald.org (New Orleans, Louisiana) - See all my reviews
This review is from: God's Fool: The Life of Francis of Assisi (Perennial library) (Paperback)
This book is one of the best written about St. Francis of Assisi. Unlike many saint biographies that make their subjects so virtuous they are stripped of their humanity, "God's Fool" gives us an inspiring, human role model to which we can all relate. This book inspired me and countless others to become secular Franciscans and attempt to follow his example.
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At certain moments in history destiny seems to hesitate between weal and woe, as if awaiting the arrival of someone-who usually doesn't come. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Brother Leo, San Damiano, Francis of Assisi, Friars Minor, Middle Ages, Friar Minor, Saint George, Saint Paul, San Rufino, Brother Elias, Rivo Torto, Saint Mary of the Angels, Peter of Catania, Poor Clares, Fonte Colombo, Brother Jacqueline, Jacques de Vitry, Mount Subasio, Saint Benedict, Saint Bonaventure, Holy Land, John the Simple, Lady Poverty, Lord God, Sister Clare New!
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At certain moments in history destiny seems to hesitate between weal and woe, as if awaiting the arrival of someone-who usually doesn't come. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Brother Leo, San Damiano, Francis of Assisi, Friars Minor, Middle Ages, Friar Minor, Saint George, Saint Paul, San Rufino, Brother Elias, Rivo Torto, Saint Mary of the Angels, Peter of Catania, Poor Clares, Fonte Colombo, Brother Jacqueline, Jacques de Vitry, Mount Subasio, Saint Benedict, Saint Bonaventure, Holy Land, John the Simple, Lady Poverty, Lord God, Sister Clare New!
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- Free Spirit by JennaKay Francis on page 31, and page 109
- Saint Francis of Assisi by Lawrence Cunningham on page 257, and page 268
- Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics) by Dante Alighieri on page 172, and page 182
- The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso) by Dante Alighieri on page 172, and page 182
- Francis of Assisi by Arnaldo Fortini in Back Matter
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