Cover credits: Design: Jeanne Lee / Art: Master of the Vyssi Brod (Hohenfurth)
Altarpiece, "Agony in the Garden," (detail), Vyssi Brod Altarpiece,
Prague, ca. 1350, National Gallery in Prague. |
"Whether he is describing the flight of swifts over Dublin, the sight
of his children in yellow macs climbing over cliff rocks, or his
passage through 'a bright bead-curtain of rain,' Grennan is a writer of
plainspoken reverence. " —The New Yorker |