Friday, March 3, 2023

Prayers from the Ark and The Creatures' Choir by C. Bernos de Gasztold

 

(Amazon)

Summary (Amazon):

These prayers were first published, in French, in 1947 by a private press. Rumer Godden discovered a volume of them and translated them into English. The poem-prayers are at once reverent, humorous, realistic and concise.

Information about author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Bernos_de_Gasztold

Reviews:

https://rachelhackenberg.com/prayers-from-the-ark-book-review/

http://tonymusings.blogspot.com/2017/05/prayers-from-ark.html

Music

The Poems set to music:https://www.gwynethwalker.com/pdf/pfta.pdf

The Prayer of the Mouse by Grace Immaculata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKI2Rv5Gjhw

Articles:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41386433

Access:

Download through library or school: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41386433

Discussion Questions (from Jan C.)