CERTAIN POOR SHEPHERDS: A Christmas Tale - Hardcover

Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall

 
9780684833132: CERTAIN POOR SHEPHERDS: A Christmas Tale
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0684833131 ISBN 13: 9780684833132
Verlag: Simon & Schuster, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

"On the first Christmas, so say the Christians, a redeemer was born to save our kind from the consequences of our greed, waste, pride, cruelty, and arrogance. No redeemer appeared for the animals; however, none was needed. The animals were much the same then as they are now, just as God made them, perfect according to his plan..."
So begins this resonant tale by one of our most gifted storytellers and most perceptive animal watchers, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. When an unusual star appears on the horizon one clear winter night, among those drawn to its bright promise are two shepherds - a dog named Lila and Ima, a goat. Therein lies an adventure, and Thomas's departure from the familiar story treasured by generations. With their flock, the animals journey to Bethlehem and home again, witnesses to a redemption of which they have no need. Yet as they make their way, encountering danger and opportunity, their journey becomes an extraordinary meditation, moving but unsentimental, on the nature of freedom and the state of natural grace in a world ruled by the power - and frailty - of humankind.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas is the author of THE HIDDEN LIFE OF DOGS, and THE TRIBE OF TIGER as well as four novels, including REINDEER MOON. She writes a column for USA Today's Sunday supplement.

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Verlag
Simon & Schuster
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0684833131
ISBN 13 
9780684833132
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Anzahl der Seiten
128
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