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Pippa's Progress: A Pilgrim's Journey to Heaven
Author(s): Simon Parke (Author), Harry Parke (Illustrator)
- Publisher: Darton, Longman & Todd
- Publication Date: 19 Oct. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 176 pages
- ISBN-10: 023252954X
- ISBN-13: 9780232529548
Book Description
Times have changed since John Bunyan wrote his classic Pilgrim s Progress, telling of Pilgrim s journey up the Hill of Difficulty and through the Slough of Despond to the Celestial City. Yet people in their millions still seek meaning in their lives and speak of journeying towards a goal. Everyone on earth seeks a heaven. This is the story of the journey of Pippa, a 21st-century Pilgrim. Simon Parke s witty and insightful modern-day re-telling of Pilgrim s Progress follows the original s premise of a pilgrim s journey to heaven, but this time through the trials and temptations of our secularised, postmodern culture. With plenty of advice and direction, not all of it helpful, from the likes of Glossy Mags, Shaw Thynge and Dee Straction, Pippa s epic journey along the Path of Yortether includes stops at Headspin s Hallucinatory Mental Circus, the Rock of Hidden Self, the city of Socialmeja and the village of Lower Bile.
Editorial Reviews
Review
A multi-layered, multi-faceted book written for anybody who is interested in the inner journey within the spiritual life. –Birgit Ewald, Reform Magazine
About the Author
Simon Parke is modern-day writer and mystic. He was a priest in the Church of England for twenty years as well as a script-writer for Spitting Image and a Sony award-winning for radio writer. As well as many books, including The Beautiful Life (Bloomsbury), One-Minute Mindfulness (Hay House) and Shelf Life (Random House), he has written a weekly column in the Daily Mail for the last four years. A pilot episode for his comedy/drama Shelf Life is currently being made by ITV Studios.
