Prayers From The Ark
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the quiet reverence of a French convent emerges one of the most tender and imaginative works of devotional poetry of the twentieth century — Prayers from the Ark presents a collection of prayers voiced by the animals aboard Noah's Ark, each creature lifting its own humble, earnest plea to God. Originally written in French by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, a Benedictine nun whose cloistered life deeply informed her spiritual vision, the work was translated into luminous English verse by the celebrated novelist Rumer Godden, who also contributed a Foreword and Epilogue. The result is a rare and intimate portrait of creation, where the bear, the mouse, the giraffe, and the raven each speak with startling authenticity and gentle humour. The collection stands as a remarkable intersection of faith, nature, and lyric poetry, inviting readers to perceive the sacred in the smallest and most overlooked corners of the natural world. Godden's translation preserves the deceptive simplicity of the original French, crafting verses that resonate with both children and adults, believers and sceptics alike. With illustrations by Jean Primrose lending further grace to the page, this edition is a quietly profound meditation on the bond between creature and Creator — one that leaves the reader wondering which of the animals' prayers most closely mirrors their own.
Author: Carmen Bernos De Gasztold
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, Macmillan
Genre: Poetry
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
From the quiet reverence of a French convent emerges one of the most tender and imaginative works of devotional poetry of the twentieth century — Prayers from the Ark presents a collection of prayers voiced by the animals aboard Noah's Ark, each creature lifting its own humble, earnest plea to God. Originally written in French by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold, a Benedictine nun whose cloistered life deeply informed her spiritual vision, the work was translated into luminous English verse by the celebrated novelist Rumer Godden, who also contributed a Foreword and Epilogue. The result is a rare and intimate portrait of creation, where the bear, the mouse, the giraffe, and the raven each speak with startling authenticity and gentle humour. The collection stands as a remarkable intersection of faith, nature, and lyric poetry, inviting readers to perceive the sacred in the smallest and most overlooked corners of the natural world. Godden's translation preserves the deceptive simplicity of the original French, crafting verses that resonate with both children and adults, believers and sceptics alike. With illustrations by Jean Primrose lending further grace to the page, this edition is a quietly profound meditation on the bond between creature and Creator — one that leaves the reader wondering which of the animals' prayers most closely mirrors their own.