title: Bright Evening Star: Mystery of the Incarnation (Wheaton Literary Series)
author:  Madeleine L'Engle 
description: "That was a strange thought: God, who is all power, gave away power!" Thus L'Engle encapsulates what she calls the "mystery" of God's incarnation in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. In what is part spiritual autobiography and part theological treatise, L'Engle writes with her familiar, felicitous prose. Throughout, she reflects on "God's rejection of power," describing the Incarnation as a radical, marvelous paradox. At book's end, readers may agree with L'Engle that "the Incarnation is so far beyond our factual comprehension as to be laughable," yet her writing will also have broadened their understanding of this mystery. </P><P>Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</P>
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  ‘Remarkable … deserves a place alongside Flaubert’s _Sentimental Education_
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  ‘A big-hearted coming-of-age shaggy-dog story … [Déon’s] novel leaves you
  feeling better about life’ _The Spectator_
  
  
  ‘It is shamefully parochial of us that this eminent writer has been so ignored
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  ‘Quiet, wryly funny prose … a delight’ _Independent on Sunday_
  
  
  ‘Déon is an outrageous storyteller, a most engaging tease and the result is a
  splendid mixture of acerbic asides and bright invention which reads admirably
  in Julian Evans’s excellent translation.’ _Times Literary Supplement_
  
  
  ‘Michel Déon is a storyteller par excellence’ _Irish Times_
  
  
  ‘As witty as its English forebear [ _Tom Jones_ ] but with French savoir-
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