Speak What We Feel: Not What We Ought to Say

by Frederick Buechner

Book Overview

Four Unexpected Prophets Who Shine Light into the Darkness This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006251752X
• ISBN13: 9780062517524
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and Fascinating

I recently got this book out of the library in order to teach a poem on Gerard Manley Hopkins, one of the writers Buechner discusses in the text. I was astonished at Buechner's incredible diction, phrasing, and word pictures. I had not read anything else of his before, but now I want to buy this book! His writing has an incredibly mysitcal quality, which he uses to broaden our knowledge of ability to enjoy four notable authors, while showcasing his own unique vision and humility. The book is moving and gritty - it put me in tears on several occasions, and I do not cry easily. If you are at all a fan of Hopkins, Twain, Chesterton, or Shakeapeare you must read this book!