Annie Dillard

A Crazy, Holy Grace

“Frederick Buechner brings the reader to his knees, sometimes in laughter, sometimes in an astonishment very close to prayer, and at the best of times in a combination of both. The New York Times Book Review With profound intelligence, Buechner’s novel does what the finest, most appealing literature does: it displays and illuminates the seemingly unrelated mysteries of human character and ultimate ideas . . . One of our finest writers.”

Living Next Door to the Death House

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Beautifully written. There is a wonderful temperateness and patience in the way the Owenses listen — really listen — to the voices of a community that, in one way or another, must live daily with one of our most wrenching social practices. . . A marvel of clear-eyed journalism, human sympathy, and judicious reflection.”

The Bible and The New York Times

Preaching & Worship

“This is beautiful, powerful, literary writing. Fleming Rutledge writes as a person who knows she is dying, speaking to other dying people, determined not to enrage by triviality.”

The Remarkable Ordinary

Christian Living

“Frederick Buechner brings the reader to his knees, sometimes in laughter, sometimes in an astonishment very close to prayer, and at the best of times in a combination of both. The New York Times Book Review With profound intelligence, Buechner’s novel does what the finest, most appealing literature does: it displays and illuminates the seemingly unrelated mysteries of human character and ultimate ideas . . . One of our finest writers.”