The Book of Sorrows - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of Sorrows write by Walter Wangerin, Jr.. This book was released on 1996. The Book of Sorrows available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Following a conflict with the dreaded Wyrm, the barnyard animals try to piece together their shattered lives while unaware that their enemy plans new attacks.
The Second Book of the Dun Cow
The Second Book of the Dun Cow - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Second Book of the Dun Cow write by Walter Wangerin. This book was released on 2013-06-18. The Second Book of the Dun Cow available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From National Book Award-winning author Walter Wangerin, Jr. comes the thought-provoking sequel to The Book of the Dun Cow, with new and revised content. “[A] profoundly imagined and beautifully stylized fable of the immemorial war between good and evil.” –The New York Times “A beautifully written fantasy anchored starkly in reality.” –The Washington Post Seeking peace and respite after their devastating battle with the Wyrm, Chauntecleer and his wife Pertelote again lead the animals of the Coop. But their quest is interrupted when Wyrm once again insinuates himself into the lives of the animals. To defeat this ancient evil for good, Chauntecleer will have to face Wyrm again, not on the battlefield, but deep within the serpent’s lair, risking his very soul to ensure the safety of the animals under his protection. “[A] fine book about the way evil enters the world, and this newly told story of Chaunticleer is one that details the loss of his innocence, of his love and of his God.” –The Houston Chronicle
The Book of the Dun Cow
The Book of the Dun Cow - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of the Dun Cow write by Walter Wangerin. This book was released on 2013-06-18. The Book of the Dun Cow available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The timeless National Book Award-winning story of the epic struggle between good and evil. “Far and away the most literate and intelligent story of the year … Mr. Wangerin’s allegorical fantasy about the age-old struggle between good and evil produces a resonance; it is a taut string plucked that reverberates in memory” —New York Times “Belongs on the shelf with Animal Farm, Watership Down and The Lord of the Rings. It is, like them, an absorbing, fanciful parade of the war between good and evil. A powerful and enjoyable work of the imagination.” —Los Angeles Times In a time when the sun revolved around the Earth, and the animals could speak, Chauntecleer the Rooster rules justly over his kingdom. But while peace reigns for Chauntecleer, evil is brewing across the river, as the monstrous Cockatrice pillages his own lands and people, preparing for the return of Wyrm. Imprisoned within the Earth to contain this ancient evil, Wyrm is determined to return, with the help of Cockatrice. Keeping Wyrm in his prison is a task too great for any individual animal, so it is up to Chantecleer to rally all of the animals, great and small, to work together to keep the Earth safe once again. “Good and evil were never seen more distinctly not pitted more ferociously than in this animal fable, reverberating with the righteousness of the Bible or a medieval morality play … The animals are not mere literary symbols but are invested with a humanness all their won.” —The Saturday Evening Post “Wangerin’s story functions as a frightening representation of modern evil … a parable for adults to ponder.” —The Christian Century “Wangerin has so fluidly woven all these legends together into one small gem.” —Washington Post Book World
Mother of Sorrows
Mother of Sorrows - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mother of Sorrows write by Richard McCann. This book was released on 2011-04-13. Mother of Sorrows available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With the breadth and cumulative force of a novel, Mother of Sorrows presents ten interwoven stories of an American family starting out in the post—World War II suburbs of Washington, D.C., a world of identical brick houses and sunstruck, treeless lawns, a world of initial hopefulness from which shame and loss have seemingly been banished. This is the story of two adolescent brothers whose father has suddenly died, and of their beautiful and complicated mother, a mother whom the younger son worshipfully imagines as “Our Mother of the Sighs and Heartaches . . . Our Mother of the Gorgeous Gypsy Earrings . . . Our Mother of the Late Movies and the Cigarettes . . . Our Mother of Sudden Attentiveness . . . Our Mother of Sudden Anger.” This is the brother who narrates these tales as he looks back thirty years later, the only remaining survivor of a world he seeks both to leave behind and to preserve in words forever, a world of sorrow that has held him spellbound even as he has attempted to create a life of his own. Suffused with the beauty of Richard McCann’s extraordinary language, Mother of Sorrows introduces us to a voice that is urgent, contemplative, elegant, angry, revelatory, and like no other in contemporary fiction.
Thomas Wildus and The Book of Sorrows
Thomas Wildus and The Book of Sorrows - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Thomas Wildus and The Book of Sorrows write by J. M. Bergen. This book was released on 2019-02-02. Thomas Wildus and The Book of Sorrows available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thomas Wildus thinks he's an ordinary twelve year old, but when a man with gold-flecked eyes gives him an ancient text called The Book of Sorrows, he discovers hidden powers and a secret family legacy. As he tries to unravel the truth, dark forces threaten to end his rise to power and force him to fight for the future of all mankind.
