The Hot Climate of Promises and Grace

64 Stories

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Contemporary Women
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Author: Steven Nightingale ISBN: 9781619028647
Publisher: Counterpoint Press Publication: September 19, 2016
Imprint: Counterpoint Language: English
Author: Steven Nightingale
ISBN: 9781619028647
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Publication: September 19, 2016
Imprint: Counterpoint
Language: English

“These gem-like tales form a kind of love song to the feminine principle, that aspect of each of us that is irrational, untamed, and intuitive.” —Lisa Alther
 
With these short stories, Steven Nightingale offers testimonies of revelation, mischief, miracles, and grace given him by sixty-four remarkable women who’ve appeared in his life over time.
 
These delightful pieces—deeply indebted to Sufi Tales and Jataka stories (as well as to the Brothers Grimm and American folktales)—combine humor and sensuality with surrealism and an oblique spirituality, and each becomes an opportunity of gentle instruction, invention, and entertainment. The book describes a spiritual pilgrimage, beautifully written, a unique offering from the acclaimed author of Granada: A Pomegranate in the Hand of God.
 
“Charming in the way of Coelho, Nightingale’s work is proof of a life lived with both ears open, one to the lives and stories around him and one to what readers want and need to hear.” —Tupelo Hassman, author of Girl Child

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“These gem-like tales form a kind of love song to the feminine principle, that aspect of each of us that is irrational, untamed, and intuitive.” —Lisa Alther
 
With these short stories, Steven Nightingale offers testimonies of revelation, mischief, miracles, and grace given him by sixty-four remarkable women who’ve appeared in his life over time.
 
These delightful pieces—deeply indebted to Sufi Tales and Jataka stories (as well as to the Brothers Grimm and American folktales)—combine humor and sensuality with surrealism and an oblique spirituality, and each becomes an opportunity of gentle instruction, invention, and entertainment. The book describes a spiritual pilgrimage, beautifully written, a unique offering from the acclaimed author of Granada: A Pomegranate in the Hand of God.
 
“Charming in the way of Coelho, Nightingale’s work is proof of a life lived with both ears open, one to the lives and stories around him and one to what readers want and need to hear.” —Tupelo Hassman, author of Girl Child

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