Things As They Are Bouyer frustrated by his poetic impotency

frustrated by his poetic impotency

This volume

and to help them

anchored in sacred Scripture and imbued with its author’s affectionate acceptance of Christ’s call to friendship

(1855–1938) was a French Dominican priest and scholar

Things As They Are Bouyer frustrated by his poetic impotencyBy Paul Horgan In early twentieth century New York, a young boy enjoys a happy, ordinary childhood. Then, one by one, Richard sees his childhood securities crumble before the pitiless facts of a fallen world: the wanton cruelty of other children, the inconstancy of the grown ups and inscrutability of their world, the overwhelming otherness of God, and the seemingly indomitable capacity in himself for sin. Things As They Are draws its thematic power