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The Man Who Loved Birds. A Novel.
Fenton Johnson
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Description for The Man Who Loved Birds. A Novel.
Hardback. Series: Kentucky Voices. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Having taken great risks -- to immigrate to America, to take monastic vows -- Bengali physician Meena Chatterjee and Brother Flavian are each seeking safety and security when they encounter Johnny Faye, a Vietnam vet, free spirit, and expert marijuana farmer. Amid the fields and forests of a Trappist monastery, Johnny Faye patiently cultivates Meena's and Flavian's capacity for faith, transforming all they thought they knew about duty and desire. In turn they offer him an experience of civilization other than war and chaos.
But Johnny Faye's law-breaking sets him against a district attorney for whom the law is ... Read more
Having taken great risks -- to immigrate to America, to take monastic vows -- Bengali physician Meena Chatterjee and Brother Flavian are each seeking safety and security when they encounter Johnny Faye, a Vietnam vet, free spirit, and expert marijuana farmer. Amid the fields and forests of a Trappist monastery, Johnny Faye patiently cultivates Meena's and Flavian's capacity for faith, transforming all they thought they knew about duty and desire. In turn they offer him an experience of civilization other than war and chaos.
But Johnny Faye's law-breaking sets him against a district attorney for whom the law is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Kentucky Voices
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813166599
SKU
V9780813166599
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About Fenton Johnson
Fenton Johnson is the author of award-winning fiction and literary nonfiction, including two novels, Crossing the River and Scissors, Paper, Rock, as well as Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey among Christian and Buddhist Monks and Geography of the Heart: A Memoir. He is associate professor of creative writing at the University of Arizona, USA and teaches ... Read more
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