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LITTLE BROWN UK
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For generations, the Book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents by various hands expressing different factional interests, with borrowings from other ancient literatures that mark the text as derivative. In other words, academic interpretation of Genesis has centered on the question of its basic coherency, just as fundamentalist interpretation has centered on the question of the appropriateness of reading it as literally true.
Both of these approaches preclude an appreciation of its greatness as literature, its rich articulation and exploration of themes that resonate through the whole of Scripture. Marilynne Robinson''s new book is a powerful consideration of the profound meanings and promise of God''s enduring covenant with man. Her magisterial book radiates gratitude for the constancy and benevolence of God''s abiding faith in Creation. -
MARILYNNE ROBINSON IS THE AUTHOR OF GILEAD, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION AND THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD; HOME, WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE AND THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE; LILA, WINNER
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WISE WOMEN (MYTHS AND STORIES FOR MIDLIFE AND BEYOND)
BLACKIE, SHARON
- LITTLE BROWN UK
- 3 Octobre 2024
- 9780349018324
A richly imagined, inspiring and beautifully told collection of new versions of ancient stories from European myth and folklore which centre and celebrate powerful older women.
From early childhood, we learn about the world and its possibilities through myths, fairy tales, and folk tales. But the heroines tend to be young, golden-haired princesses, and the evil-doers are often older women: wicked witches or unforgiving matriarchs. But today''s women in mid-life and onwards want to see positive versions of themselves in these stories: older women who pull the strings, weave the webs of the world, and test or advise the heroes and heroines.
Many years of research have gone into this new gathering of storm-haired witches, ungainly giantesses, sequin-strewn fairy godmothers, misunderstood sorceresses, thick-waisted goddesses, hairy-chinned hags, and craggy crones who exist within the mythology and folklore of Europe. They each manifest their wisdom in very different ways - and their stories offer us insight into ways that each of us could uniquely embody an elder woman''s wisdom today.
