MOJTABAI, A.G.

Ordinary Time: A Novel [Inscribed]

New York: Doubleday, 1989. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); tan cloth spine over yellow paper-covered boards, with titling and decorative elements stamped in metallic blue on spine; dustjacket; 223pp; illus. Inked Feb. 1995 date with Amarillo, TX, and inscription on front endpaper: "For Jay Talbon - Love and peace to you from the High Plains - Grace Mojtabai". Sticky note to front fly continues: "P.S. my 'neo-confederate' critics have been right about this much - Called Out is not only a portrait of a town, but also - quite centrally and pointedly - a meditation on the sacraments and on ... (ekklesia) in the root sense of a-people-called-out. So, in a way, my angriest critics have taken me more seriously than my ''liberal readers'". A Fine copy in like, unclipped (priced $17.95) dustwrapper. Mojtabai's novel focuses on religious life as a newcomer fleeing his unknown past arrives in Durance, Texas.

Price: $50.00

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