AH-YES: AN INTROSPECTIVE RETROSPECT by PETER RALPH-BOWMAN, PRIEST

FOREWORD BY WILLIAM TREVOR

ILLUSTRATIONS by DOMINIC POELSMA OF 'AUGUSTA'

edited by Helga and Humphrey Fisher

 

'A rare and remarkable man, who looked out from one small country parish or another and with gifted perception saw of the world and was inspired.'

William Trevor, prize novelist

'The idiosyncratic insights of a remarkable clergyman....lovingly evokes the undulating border landscapes and those who peopled it....Autobiographical sketches and essays of a remarkable country parson.'

Hereford Times

'His theology, philosophy and thought are highly original yet always embody the gospel, full-strength....A man of considerable and sometimes unusual humour, and this occasionally ruffled those in authority.'

Kilvert Society Journal

'An extraordinary new book has emerged from the same Radnorshire countryside that enchanted Kilvert a century ago, and is hailed as a sequel to the work of the victorian diarist....funny, illuminating and often moving.'

Mid-Wales Journal

'....an enchanting memoir, erudite and entertaining.'

Wellington Bookshop, Somerset

'...A delightful book for bed-time reading. To be appreciated it needs to be sipped, like sherry, not gulped....The pattern of the author's life runs like a thread through the fabric of meditations, recollections and some very funny stories, all told with...whimsical affection for the varied species of mankind life brought to his door. Arrogance distresses him, the humble are close to his heart. He takes a fresh look at Biblical characters - the Innkeeper, Judas' father, Pilate - and weaves them into stories that make us think again about facile demonising....Lively black-and-white drawings by Dominic Poelsma highlight the humour and there is an affectionate preface by the author's friend and editor, Humphrey Fisher.'

Signposts:magazine for Irfon and Wye Valley Churches

 

Ah Yes:an introspective retrospect, £7.50 (+ £1.25 P&P), from Humphrey Fisher, Rose Cottage, Newchurch Kington HR5 3QF, tel/fax: 01544 370632; or Gracewing Press, Southern Ave., Leominster, HR6 0QF, tel: 01568 616835; or, Pemberton's Bookshop, opposite the Buttermarket, Hay tel: 01497 820159.