Little Saint

by Hannah Green

Hardcover, 2000

Barcode

1948

Call number

270.1 GRE

Status

Available

Call number

270.1 GRE

Pages

276

Description

In the early 1970s, Hannah Green and her husband came upon a small village called Conques, curled like a conch shell in the mountains of south-central France. Entranced, she returned to this numinous place again and again, drawn to the story of the little saint whose spirit fills the lives of the people there. Housed in the village's yellow stone basilica sits the gold reliquary of Sainte Foy, who was beheaded in the fourth century for refusing to deny her faith before a Roman consul. Little Saint, a book written in ecstasy, is at once a moving and passionate tribute to Sainte Foy, a lyrical evocation of daily life in Conques, and a vivid chronicle of the author's intensely felt spiritual journey.

Publication

Random House (2000), Edition: First Edition, 276 pages

ISBN

0394565959 / 9780394565958

Rating

½ (4 ratings; 3.5)

Language

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