Saint Julian : A Novel

by Walter Wangerin Jr., Author of the Best-Selling Book of God

• ISBN13: 9780060522520
• ISBN10: 0060522526
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-30
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

From the author of the National Book Award-winning "The Book of The Dun Cow" comes a powerful novella about the spiritual redemption of a tortured medieval hero.

Author Biography

Walter Wangerin Jr. is widely recognized as one of today's most gifted writers on issues of faith and spirituality

Table of Contents

Prologue: To The Telling of The Tale	p. xv
Some Preliminary Disclosures	p. xvii
The First Part: Birth	p. 1
Concerning the Mother of the Saint	p. 3
Concerning the Father of the Saint	p. 5
The Chapel	p. 14
The Birth of the Saint	p. 17
Celebrations	p. 24
The Second Part: Youth	p. 27
Young Saint Julian and the Mouse	p. 29
The Education of the Saint in Matters under Mother's Hand	p. 37
The Education of the Saint in Matters under the Hand of His Father	p. 42
The Education of the Saint in Matters Completely His Own	p. 46
The Knighting of Saint Julian	p. 50
The Smith's Boy	p. 62
The Saint and the Wimple	p. 68
Christmas and the Mummer's Carol	p. 74
The Saint and the Battle-Ax	p. 78
The First Departure	p. 87
The Third Part: Sin	p. 89
The Almoner	p. 91
The Red Knight	p. 94
A Finishing Advance	p. 97
The Restless, the Unresting Soul	p. 108
Concerning the Wife of the Saint	p. 118
Guests, and a Grateful Heart	p. 123
An Eden, Indeed	p. 127
The Saint, the Hammer, and the Dagger	p. 132
The Second Departure	p. 137
Saint Julian's Wife: Bewailing Her Solitude	p. 140
The Fourth Part: Sorrows	p. 143
The Red Knight: His Consummation	p. 145
The Torments of Saint Julian: In Spirals of Despair	p. 146
The Torments of Saint Julian: Solitary in the Winter's Cold	p. 154
The Torments of Saint Julian: Tempted to a Further Pride	p. 156
A Mass for the Dead: The Whole Creation Groaneth	p. 166
Repentance: So to Fail Thyself That Nothing Is Left but Mercy	p. 171
The Fifth Part: Sainthood	p. 179
Not a Hole, Nor a Nest, Nor a Home	p. 181
The Labors of Saint Julian	p. 188
See How It Is That God Makes Saints	p. 193
Epilogue: At the Tale's End	p. 205
Such Lightness of Heart As Shamelessly May Contradict Itself	p. 207
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