"The Bible's account of Jacob is a pungent seed found in a tomb," wrote the poet James Merrill about this novel. "Frederick Buechner has planted it and the result is this beautiful swaying tree of a book." The fact that Merrill was an old friend of Buechner's does not disqualify this eloquent testimony. Indeed, Jacob is powerfully translated here through Buechner's honest and humorous--and cantankerous--voice. You see a living, human character, as always in Buechner's work, whether fiction or non-fiction. From this archetypal tale of feuding brothers he draws a story of family and fear, and a tale of a living God with whom Jacob wrestles in more ways than one. The tale of this life is a rich one: the two wives, Leah and Rachel, the journeys and the dreams--all of it takes on a colouring that is both strange and yet familiar: here is a Jacob both larger than life and yet very much human, very much one of us. --Doug Thorpe
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Hardback Editions
March 1993 : Hardback
| Title: The Son of Laughter Author(s): Frederick Buechner ISBN: 0-06-250116-X / 978-0-06-250116-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Harpercollins Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1992 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
July 1994 : Paperback
| Title: The Son of Laughter Author(s): Frederick Buechner ISBN: 0-06-250117-8 / 978-0-06-250117-2 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1993 : Paperback
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Other Editions
October 2009 : Kindle edition
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