Stephen Mitchell

Stephen Mitchell was born in Brooklyn, educated at Amherst, the Sorbonne, and Yale, and de-educated through intensive Zen training. His many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, The Gospel According to Jesus, The Book of Job, The Second Book of the Tao, The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, Bhagavad Gita, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, and his latest, The Way of Forgiveness. He is also the co-author of three of his wife Byron Katie’s bestselling books.
The First Christmas: A Novel
Stephen Mitchell
St. Martin's Publishing Group
St. Martin's Essentials
“I love The First Christmas. What a charming way Stephen Mitchell has found to tell my favorite story of all, the Nativity, character by character (I love the donkey and the ox),...
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Available 10/12/2021
Pre-OrderThe Way of Forgiveness
Stephen Mitchell
St. Martin's Publishing Group
St. Martin's Essentials
“A unique and special kind of masterpiece.” —John Banville
In the tradition of The Alchemist—a fable about the...
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