A Common Prayer by Michael Leunig

A Common Prayer by Michael Leunig

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A humourous yet poignant collection of prayers by acclaimed Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig

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A Common Prayer by Michael Leunig

In 1989 cartoonist Michael Leunig began an experiment. Asked to produce a weekly carton for Sunday Age (Australia), he remembers wondering "if newspapers might carry some small spiritual message of consolation as a tiny reparation for the enormous anxiety and distress they can create..." Since then, the two collections A Common Prayer and The Prayer Tree have brought his unique humour and intriguing drawings to a wide public across the world. A Common Prayer explores the inner life, expressing it through the ancient, wonderful, do-it-yourself ritual of prayer. Michael Leunig's collection of prayers and drawings is full of gentle humour and evocative language, making the experience of his world both memorable and moving. Leunig's subjects are as ambitious as his technique is simple. World cataclysm, the Flood, loneliness, cruelty, lust and greed...sometimes whimsical, this prodigiously talented artist is never guilty of whimsy, and mercifully, he is never "relevant", "socially aware" or "narrowly political".' Barry Humphries
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ISBN 13 9780745937380
ISBN 10 0745937381
Title A Common Prayer
Author Michael Leunig
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher SPCK Publishing
Year published 1997-02-01
Number of pages 64
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.