This revised and expanded edition of one of Buechner\'s best-loved books completes the paperback publication--with Whistling in the Dark and Peculiar Treasures--of his classic lexical trilogy.
Freshly revised and expanded for this edition, Wishful Thinking is a beguiling [ Time ] adventure in language for the restless believer, the doubter, and all who love words..
In his often ironic and always keen-sighted reflections on such terms as agnostic, envy, love, and sin , he invited us to look at theses everyday words in new and enlightening ways.
In Wishful Thinking , the first book in his much-loved lexical trilogy, Frederick Buechner puts the language of God, the universe, and the human spirit under his wry linguistic microscope.
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A beguiling (Time) lexicon for the restless believer, the doubter, and all who love words--an innovative and witty look at the language of the human spirit.
This revised and expanded edition of one of Buechner\'s best-loved books completes the paperback publication--with Whistling in the Dark and Peculiar Treasures--of his classic lexical trilogy
