A Celestial Omnibus: Short Fiction on Faith

by J.P. Maney (Editor), Tom Hazuka (Editor)

Short Fiction on Faith

Luminous fiction on themes of faith and meaning from favorite writers, including Sandra Cisneros, Andre Dubus, Louise Erdrich, Stephen King, Flannery O'Connor, Philip Roth, E. M. Forster and others.

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Literary Fiction, Religion, Spirituality

352 pages, Paperback

First published October 3, 1997

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the most part, not my cup of tea. Most of the stories didn't do it for me. However, there were a few that grabbed me; I'm sure I'll read them again: Pigeon Feathers (John Updike), Sweat (Zora Neale Hurston), The Celestial Omnibus (E. M. Forster), The Silver Crown (Bernard Malamud), and Gimpel the Fool (Isaach Bashevis Singer). I'm sure I'll get strenuous objections from fans of Nabakov, Philip Roth, Flannery O'Connor, Frank O'Connor, etc., but hey, to each his own. Funny thing about stories--you can feel nothing toward them one time, & down the road they really meld with your spirit. I know that as I grow as a connoisseur of short fiction I'll find gems in stories I hadn't seen before. I look forward to the journey!

[Yoby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not just from a Christian point of view. About the realities of living out a faith or having it driven to the point of despair, or recovering it after a severe challenge, or just the oddness and strangeness of the nature of faith, our own or someone elses. A good dipper.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed most of the stories, but now can't remember details.

[Emily Kazmierski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the stories in here are great (Forster's The Celestial Omnibus and Roth's The Conversion of the Jews were easily my favorites. But many of the stories failed to grab me.

[Ladan]

Recommendation from Rev. Jim Nelson