Description
ONE OF TEN LONGLISTED IN THE 2021 SHELF UNBOUND BEST INDIE BOOK COMPETITION
FINALIST FOR THE 2021 FOREWORD INDIES AWARDS
A naked boy wanders alone through a divided land carrying precious rocks, and seeks refuge in a cave below a hidden monastery in the mountains. A middle-aged man returns to the home of his youth in Lebanon, to a cave where he confronts a thief with a camera and protects a sacred, centuries-old piece of art. Months later, carrying the treasured face in his briefcase, the photographer faces the utter loss of all he has hoped for. Three stories. Three men. One image: a timeless work of art. The Image is a profound and compelling collection of linked short stories about faith, hope, belonging, and the search for meaning within a holy land.
About the Author
Steven Faulkner grew up in the Sudan and Ethiopia in Africa, and later in Arkansas and Kansas. After dropping out of college, he married, had children, and worked a variety of jobs: driving dump trucks and concrete mixers, carpet cleaning, roofing, newspaper and doughnut delivery, and spent fourteen years as a carpenter. He returned to school and acquired the necessary degrees from the University of Kansas and now teaches Creative Writing at Longwood University in southern Virginia. His previous book Waterwalk: A Passage of Ghosts has been made into a movie starring Hollywood actor Robert Cicchini and has been released across the United States and Canada and is now available on DVD. Faulkner has published essays in many literary journals and magazines including: North American Review, Fourth Genre, Southwest Review, Shenandoah Review, DoubleTake, and Wisconsin Trails Magazine. His work has been noted in Best American Essays and anthologi
Reviews
"You'll sense, by the end [of The Image ], that even in our age of mechanical reproduction there is more than matter mixed in with the mortar and more than happenstance in these disparate lives arranged in a strange and mysterious union." National Catholic Register
"When you begin reflecting on the themes of the bookthe way Faulkner has lined up his artistic effects, the depiction of the course of events over the centuries of the narrativea much larger picture emerges, dare I say an iconic one." Catholic World Report
Awards
Commended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (Religious Fiction) 2021.
Book Information
ISBN 9780825309762
Author Steven Faulkner
Format Hardback
Page Count 175
Imprint Beaufort Books
Publisher Beaufort Books
Weight(grams) 204g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 15mm
FINALIST FOR THE 2021 FOREWORD INDIES AWARDS
A naked boy wanders alone through a divided land carrying precious rocks, and seeks refuge in a cave below a hidden monastery in the mountains. A middle-aged man returns to the home of his youth in Lebanon, to a cave where he confronts a thief with a camera and protects a sacred, centuries-old piece of art. Months later, carrying the treasured face in his briefcase, the photographer faces the utter loss of all he has hoped for. Three stories. Three men. One image: a timeless work of art. The Image is a profound and compelling collection of linked short stories about faith, hope, belonging, and the search for meaning within a holy land.
About the Author
Steven Faulkner grew up in the Sudan and Ethiopia in Africa, and later in Arkansas and Kansas. After dropping out of college, he married, had children, and worked a variety of jobs: driving dump trucks and concrete mixers, carpet cleaning, roofing, newspaper and doughnut delivery, and spent fourteen years as a carpenter. He returned to school and acquired the necessary degrees from the University of Kansas and now teaches Creative Writing at Longwood University in southern Virginia. His previous book Waterwalk: A Passage of Ghosts has been made into a movie starring Hollywood actor Robert Cicchini and has been released across the United States and Canada and is now available on DVD. Faulkner has published essays in many literary journals and magazines including: North American Review, Fourth Genre, Southwest Review, Shenandoah Review, DoubleTake, and Wisconsin Trails Magazine. His work has been noted in Best American Essays and anthologi
Reviews
"You'll sense, by the end [of The Image ], that even in our age of mechanical reproduction there is more than matter mixed in with the mortar and more than happenstance in these disparate lives arranged in a strange and mysterious union." National Catholic Register
"When you begin reflecting on the themes of the bookthe way Faulkner has lined up his artistic effects, the depiction of the course of events over the centuries of the narrativea much larger picture emerges, dare I say an iconic one." Catholic World Report
Awards
Commended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (Religious Fiction) 2021.
Book Information
ISBN 9780825309762
Author Steven Faulkner
Format Hardback
Page Count 175
Imprint Beaufort Books
Publisher Beaufort Books
Weight(grams) 204g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 15mm
