The Confessions of St. Augustine
by St Augustine; Saint Augustine of Hippo; Augustine, Of Hippo
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- ISBN 10
- 0451527801
- ISBN 13
- 9780451527806
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Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustine’s Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Wills’s translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustine’s Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book. A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with French flaps and luxurious packaging Features a new introduction by the author Only four of the thirteen chapters of Garry Wills's translation of Confessions have appeared previously
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- ThriftBooks (US)
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- G0451527801I3N00
- Title
- The Confessions of St. Augustine
- Author
- St Augustine; Saint Augustine of Hippo; Augustine, Of Hippo
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 4
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451527801
- ISBN 13
- 9780451527806
- Publisher
- Signet Classics
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
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