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Ani životopis ani hagiografie, nýbrž poetický text o životě Svatého Františka z Assisi, text o kráse matek a radosti dítěte a o andělském úsměvu Boha. Chlapec odešel s andělem a pes šel za nimi. Ta věta se zázračně hodí na Františka z Assisi. Moc se o něm neví a to je dobře. To, co se o někom ví, popravdě brání, abychom ho poznali. Přes to, co se o něm říká v přesvědčení, že dobře víme co, na něj vlastně nevidíme.
Třeba se říká: sva-tý-fran-ti-šek-z-a-si-zi. Jako ve snu, aniž by se člověk probudil z mrákot jazyka. Vlastně se nic...

To this day, Emily Dickinson remains a beloved and enigmatic figure in American poetry. This lady in white, who shut herself away from the world and found solace alone with her words, has since her death been viewed primarily through the lens of her poetry, which afforded her beauty and hope amid the agony and loneliness of her life.
As a reclusive writer himself, contemporary French author Christian Bobin felt a kindred tie to the poetess, and his book The Lady in White honors Dickinson in the form of a brief, poetically imagined account of her life and the work that she gave the...

Christian Bobin is one of the most prolific and best-selling inspirational writers in France. His 'lyric essays', neither prose nor poetry, utilise a limited vocabulary manipulated with the precision of a watchmaker. Bobin often obtains his effects through startling juxtapositions of the ordinary, aimed straight at the heart and not without the intention of drawing blood.

Prevalent themes in his work include the natural world, the perspectives of the very old and the very young, and the distilled wisdom of his contemplative Catholic faith. A lifelong sufferer from 'persuasive...

Why have we come to revere Francis of Assisi, a simple thirteenth-century Italian merchant's son, as a saint? Why has his appeal endured over eight hundred years and even expanded beyond the world of Catholicism to make him one of the most beloved religious figures of all time? This penetrating meditation on Francis's life gently but sure-handedly cuts through every pious legend to uncover what is timeless and universally true about him. Christian Bobin's unexpected and thoroughly original work presents a compelling image of a man whose power is found in humility, whose radical casting aside...

How did we come to revere this thirteenth-century Italian merchant's son as a saint? This penetrating meditation provides what may be the best answer yet, by gently but sure-handedly cutting through every pious legend to discover what is timeless and universally true about Saint Francis.