Every Man Heart Lay Down

Every Man Heart Lay Down 

by Lorenz Graham, with Colleen Browning illust.

Boyds Mills Press, Honesdale, PA       © 1993      48 pp.

This innocent-looking little book breathes new life into the ancient nativity stories. In fact it has so much life of its own that it will make you forget the old well-worn versions altogether. In an African setting, the story is narrated in beautiful, brief, broken English with a surprising power to communicate true depth. The simple illustrations splash preconceptions out of your head, leaving wonder in their wake. When I first read this book I almost fell out of my chair on the last page. It is glory, beauty, and a five-word description of the mystical experience.

-- reviewed by Wesley Lachman

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