The release date for the English version of 'Jayber Crow' by
Wendell Berry is Aug 2001. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
"It's a book about Heaven, but I have to admit that sometimes I've wondered if it might end up being a book about Hell," Jayber Crow states. He has returned to his hometown of Port William in 1932 to take up the role of barber in the community. Jayber Crow, who was left orphaned at the age of ten, has become a careful observer of the human animal, recognizing its kindness as well as its weakness. As a "pre-ministerial student" at Pigeonville College, he started his hunt. Freedom met new constraints there, and the young man needed more than a mirror to discover who he was. However, a brief discussion with "Old Grit," his wise professor of New Testament Greek, marked the start of that discovery.
"You cannot get answers to the questions that have been posed to you. You'll have to go through them, maybe a bit at a time."
"And how long is that going to take?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe as long as you live."
"That could be a long time."
"I will tell you a further mystery," he said. "It may take longer." Wendell Berry's acute understanding of the Port William Membership allows him to portray humanity's blessings with clarity, including love and loss, happiness and sorrow.