Little Saint

By Hannah Green

Book Overview

In the early 1970s, Hannah Green and her husband came upon a small village called Conques, curled like a conch shell in the mountains of south-central France. Entranced, she returned to this numinous place again and again, drawn to the story of the little saint whose spirit fills the lives of the people there. Housed in the village's yellow stone basilica sits the gold reliquary of Sainte Foy, who was beheaded in the fourth century for refusing to deny her faith before a Roman consul. Little Saint, a book written in ecstasy, is at once a moving and passionate tribute to Sainte Foy, a lyrical evocation of daily life in Conques, and a vivid chronicle of the author's intensely felt spiritual journey.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375757473
• ISBN13: 9780375757471
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Modern Library
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

true to life

Do you like to visit foreign lands without having to take the time and expense of actually traveling there? Well, this book is a marvelous example of actually visiting the small village of Conques in south France. We get to meet people and places, hear tales and myths, and share a little bit in the author's own feelings and spiritual experiences at a saint's shrine. This is a good read, but not very exciting. Very true to life.

An out of body book

If you have scored highly on 'South of France' travel narratives and combined Church history reading...if only trivia, hold on your in for a very fascinating ride. Frances Mays takes us to Tuscany and Peter Mayle covered Provence very few in print have covered this mid-pyrenee region and legend. Hannah Green will appeal to a larger host of audience. Why? Due to the wide spectrum of topics and appeal. First the travel buff, then the South of France fans, then the religious folks and not to mention the purely intellectual group who will want to experience a widely unknown 'Saint and Section' of France. My particular interest was all of the above and a recent pilgrimage I took. This book sets one off to study to the wide eye fascination with 'wonder, childlike faith and desparate adult petitions to the vastly hidden Sainte Foy'. It intriqued me that once again (i.e. Kathleen Norris) a non Catholic is making a journey into many avenues your basic educated Catholic has not traversed let only published. That comment equals the four stars I rated this book. Enjoy the ride.