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  <default_description>&lt;p&gt; An acclaimed author interweaves history and legend to re-create the life of a complex man of faith fifteen hundred years ago. Winner of the 1987 Christianity and Literature Book Award for Belles-Lettres. &lt;/p&gt;</default_description>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Saint Brendan is one of the most well-known Irish saints.  This fictionalized account of his life is narrated by his life-long friend Finn.<br/>The story follows Brendan’s life, from his birth around 484, to his death 91 years later.  Central to the story are two sea voyages Brendan undertook.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77953088">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brendan is a biographical novel about Brendan (484-577 A.D.), an Irish monk who lived shortly after St. Patrick. Legends about Brendan are retold, especially that of his voyage in a leather covered boat with a few companions that lasted several years. The final chapter provides insight &quot;We are ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54372499">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 03 13:33:06 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A tour de force of language and character. Frederick Buechner synthesized a 6th century Irish/English and took with it the legends surrounding Brendan the Navigator, the 6th-century Irish monk who travelled to North America with a small crew of monks, by means of a modified curraugh.<br/><br/>The ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8617947">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the concept of this book--taking a medieval legend and extending it to novel proportions.  The language was beautiful and archaic with some curious recurring motifs.  The chapter/section written from the point of view of the titular character (I love the word &quot;titular&quot;) was particu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14788994">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got halfway through this before I realized it was based on historical info about a legendary Irish saint.  The story is heavily embellished but then the legend is too.  A large italicised section in the middle of the book is all about a fantastic voyage (to Newfoundland &amp; Florida?) The style and d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11884383">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[my favorite book. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just picked this book up again... I really love it and it's earthy view of God. Highly recommended, though I may not get all the way through it again (though it really isn't so long, I've just read it a few times...) Fun Irish saint reading- interesting slice of earlier christian life.  It is not ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23712511">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brendan is not for the fainthearted reader. But it's fantastic. My husband read so many parts out loud that I finally told him to quit and read it myself. Equal parts hilariously crude and beautifully told, it's a novel version of the Brendan voyage. The writing is rich without being overdone and th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34531141">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, but the legend is better. Try &quot;The Brendan Voyage&quot; by Tim Severin instead.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Buechner delivers again.  Perhaps my favorite of his works.]]></body>
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