Pre-Owned A Stay Against Confusion: Essays on Faith and Fiction (Paperback) 0060956682 9780060956684

Erudite and meditative A Stay Against Confusion. . . depicts a profound complex spirituality. . . brims with intelligence passion and conviction. -- San Francisco Chronicle In this vivid and deeply felt collection of essays Ron Hansen talks about his novels childhood family and mentors such as John Gardner. He explores prayer stigmata twentieth-century martyrs and the Eucharist. A profile of his grandfather a tough-as-nails brook-no-guff Colorado rancher finds a place alongside a wonderfully informative portrait of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. A brilliant reading of a story by Leo Tolstoy follows an appreciation of the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Surprisingly intimate A Stay Against Confusion brings together the literary and religious impulses that inform the life of one of our most gifted fiction writers. Contributor: Ron Hansen