Faith: Stories: Short Fiction on the Varieties and Vagaries of Faith

Expanding the conversation begun in God: Stories, this important gathering of writers explores the diverse world of faith in all its guises: Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, Quaker, and Confucian beliefs, as well as Jewish and Christian ones. From James A. Michener to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, from Amy Tan to Hanif Kureishi, Faith: Stories investigates the boundaries of faith and ritual in everyday life. In one story, a one-eyed Chinese child learns that all heavens are not the same. In another, a wealthy moneylender finds a relic of the Prophet Muhammad and decides to keep it instead of returning it to its shrine. In a third, a father whose son begins to blindly preach the Koran becomes engaged in a fanaticism of his own.
With subtlety and surprise, wit and candor, these stories explore issues of faith such as sacrifice, superstition, myth, and disbelief. Together they form an illuminating prism of the religious experience in today's world.

Author: C. Michael Curtis
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 11/15/2003
Pages: 318
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780618378241

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2003 pg. 1142
Publishers Weekly 09/29/2003 pg. 42
Booklist 01/01/2004 pg. 819
Booklist 10/01/2004 pg. 303

About the Author
Curtis, C. Michael: - C. Micheal Curtis, senior editor of The Atlantic Monthly, has edited three anthologies: American Stories: Fiction from The Atlantic Monthly, Contempory New England Short Stories, and Contemporary California Short Stories. He lives in Massachusetts.