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Parables and Portraits

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Biblical legends, Greek myths, and Zen masters meet with wry insight in Stephen Mitchell’s reimagined fables and portraits.

A revised edition of the first book of poems by Stephen Mitchell, the renowned translator of Rilke's poetry, The Book of Job, and the Tao Te Ching. The volume gathers prose parables and verse portraits, pairing classical fables with reflections on historical figures like Montaigne and Spinoza.

Mitchell brings biblical patriarchs into company with Zen teachers and legenda...