Paperback | 272 pages
Publisher:
Penguin (Non-Classics); Original edition (January 5, 2010)
Language:
English
ISBN-10:
0143116762
ISBN-13:
978-0143116769
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"Like a very fine friend returned from a year’s voyaging, laden with delights and treasures to share, Philip Zaleski brings us, here again, another trove of well-wrought, luminous, soul-bracing gifts. Few books can be so certainly counted on to restore, renew, challenge and uphold the quester and pilgrim as The Best Spiritual Writing."
(Thomas Lynch, author of The Undertaking and Apparition and Late Fictions)
"There is enough here to feed the hungry heart for years to come. Hats off once again to Philip Zaleski, whose genius it is to employ his critical knowledge of spiritual literature with generosity of heart and a sustained appreciation of our mystery."
(Phyllis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence)
"It can be easy to dismiss the word best on the cover of anything these days. The term has been devalued, slapped on too many CD covers and kitchen appliances, erasing its former profound linguistic value. Zaleski’s compilation of spiritual writings, however, restores best to its rightful exceptional place. The book’s selections range from poetry and short fiction to memoir and essay, hailing from a variety of authorial and cultural sources. Just as literary form varies, Zaleski wisely recognizes, too, that spirituality can be defined almost infinitely, encompassing a vast range of belief and even nonbelief. . . .It is a curious literary party at first glance, but the diverse forms, voices, topics gradually coalesce into something bigger and more elegant, something spiritual and extraordinary: the Best."
(Publishers Weekly, January 26, Starred Review)
"Let’s flex our spiritual muscles in 2010, expanding our awareness of the many religious perspectives around us. Even if our own path runs deep in a particular tradition, glimpsing different vantage points can help refine our own vision. And who can argue with a collection that includes pieces by Diane Ackerman, Seamus Heaney, Robert Pinsky and John Updike--and comes with glowing recommendations from Thomas Lynch and Phyllis Tickle?"
(David Crumm, editor of www.ReadTheSpirit.com, amazon.com review).
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