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In Search of Small Gods

This novel delves into the concept of small gods, examining their role in human belief and the complexities of religious thought. more

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Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison was an American author born on December 11, 1937, and passed away on March 26, 2016. Known for his poetry, novels, and essays, his works have been widely appreciated by readers. more

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“There are many things worth telling that are not quite narrative. And eternity itself possesses no beginning, middle or end. Fossils, arrowheads, castle ruins, empty crosses: from the Parthenon to the Bo Tree to a grown man's or woman's old stuffed bear, what moves us about many objects is not what remains but what has vanished. There comes a time, thanks to rivers, when a few beautiful old teeth are all that remain of the two-hundred-foot spires of life we call trees. There comes a river, whose current is time, that does a similar sculpting in the mind.”