Offering fresh new translations of the New Testament Gospels of Mark and John, based on the powerful Greek originals, the critically acclaimed author of The Promise of Rest introduces his own modern gospel that capture the mystery and power of the life of Jesus. 35,000 first printing. Tour.
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Reynolds Price
Reynolds Price was born in Macon, North Carolina, in 1933. Educated in the public schools of his native state, he earned an A.B. summa cum laude from Duke University. In 1955, he traveled as a Rhodes Scholar to Merton College, Oxford University to study English literature. After three years and an advanced degree, he returned to Duke where he continues in his fourth decade of teaching. He is James B. Duke Professor of English.
In 1962, his novel A Long and Happy Life was published. It received the William Faulkner Award for a notable first novel and has never been out of print. Since then, he has published more than two dozen books. Among them, his novel Kate Vaiden received the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1986. His Collected Stories appeared in 1993; he has also published volumes of poems, plays, essays, translations, and two volumes of memoir, Clear Pictures and A Whole New Life. The latter is his account of a ten-year survival of spinal cancer.
His television play Private Contentment was commissioned by "American Playhouse" and appeared in its premiere season on PBS. His trilogy of plays New Music premiered at the Cleveland Play House in 1989; and its three plays have been produced throughout the country, as has a newer play, Full Moon, his sixth.
He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and his books have appeared in sixteen languages.
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