First published in 1855, Newman’s novel remains fresh. Its foundation is a comparison of hereditary Christians to converts and those who seek happiness in the comforts of the material world to those who can be satisfied only by union with God. Newman warmly and vividly details a story of death […]
Nation by Terry Pratchett
My rating: A+ (Superlative!) By way of introduction, let’s blame all of this on Julie Davis, the indefatigable contributor to the Catholic Writers Guild blog. Along the way, Julie aroused my curiosity with her description of a Young Adult novel, Farmer in the Sky (1953) by Robert A. Heinlein. Since […]