Author(s): Saint Augustine of Hippo

Classics

Garry Willsas complete translation of Saint Augustineas spiritual masterpieceaavailable now for the first time
Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustineas "Confessions" have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Willsas translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustineas "Confessions" continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book.
a[Wills] renders Augustineas famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.a
"aLos Angeles Times"
a[Willsas] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Willsas pages.a
aPeter Brown, "The New York Review of Books"
aAugustine flourishes in Willsas hand.a
aJames Wood
aA masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.a
a"Chicago Tribune"