Confessions: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback - 2006
by Augustine of Hippo; Garry Wills (Translator)
Garry Wills's complete translation of Saint Augustine's spiritual masterpiece available now for the first time
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.
'[Wills] renders Augustine's famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.'
Los Angeles Times
'[Wills's] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills's pages.'
Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books
'Augustine flourishes in Wills's hand.'
James Wood
'A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.'
Chicago Tribune
Summary
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
First line
"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;"5 "Great is our Lord and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite."6
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- Title Confessions: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
- Author Augustine of Hippo; Garry Wills (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 354
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date January 31, 2006
- ISBN 9780143039518 / 0143039512
- Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 5.7 x 0.98 in (20.57 x 14.48 x 2.49 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Augustine, Christian saints - Algeria - Hippo (Extinct
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005049344
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
"[Wills’s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills’s pages." —Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books
"Augustine flourishes in Wills’s hand." —James Wood
"A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition." —Chicago Tribune
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