Confessions (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) - Softcover

Saint Augustine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593082592 ISBN 13: 9781593082598

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2007

Synopsis

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About this title

From the Back Cover:

"[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

From the Inside Flap:

Written in 397 A.D., Saint Augustine's classic autobiography, Confessions, reveals the innermost thoughts and struggles of a soul converting from selfishness and pleasure-seeking to a life of love for God.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1593082592
• ISBN 13: 9781593082598
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352