Katherine Mansfield—writer of short stories, friend and literary compatriot of Virginia Woolf and D. H. Lawrence—had a gift for arousing strong opinions. The reckless abandon with which Mansfield threw herself into …
“‘One Moment of Reality’: The Last Days of Katherine Mansfield”: Commonweal, June 2015
Pierce Butler is a penetratingly eloquent and precise prose stylist. In A Child of the Sun, he explores with tenderness, truthfulness and unfailing insight the intricate play of shadow and light that competes in every pilgrim soul. The quiet urgency and compelling drama of the spiritual journey pervade every page. This is a rare, wise and wonderful book. I intend to return to it many, many times.