Jayber Crow -- Wendell Berry

"This is a book about Heaven," says Jayber Crow, "but I must say too that . . . I have wondered sometimes if it would not finally turn out to be a book about Hell." It is 1932 and he has returned to his native Port William to become the town's barber. <p/>Orphaned at age ten, Jayber Crow's acquaintance with loneliness and want have made him a patient observer of the human animal, in both its goodness and frailty. <p/>He began his search as a "pre-ministerial student" at Pigeonville College. There, freedom met with new burdens and a young man needed more than a mirror to find himself. But the beginning of that finding was a short conversation with "Old Grit," his profound professor of New Testament Greek. <p/>"You have been given questions to which you cannot be <i>given</i> answers. You will have to live them out--perhaps a little at a time." <p/> "And how long is that going to take?" <p/> "I don't know. As long as you live, perhaps." <p/> "That could be a long time." <p/> "I will tell you a further mystery," he said. "It may take longer." <p/>Wendell Berry's clear-sighted depiction of humanity's gifts--love and loss, joy and despair--is seen though his intimate knowledge of the Port William Membership.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Wendell Berry<br><b>Publisher:</b> Counterpoint LLC<br><b>Published:</b> 08/30/2001<br><b>Pages:</b> 384<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.01lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.00h x 6.06w x 1.06d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781582431604<br><br><b>Review Cita