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The Book of Bebb tetralogy proved to be one of Buechner ’ s most well-known works.
Published in the years from 1972 – 1977, it brought Buechner to a much wider audience, and gained him critical acclaim ( Lion Country, the first book in the series, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1971 ).
Of writing the series, Buechner says: " I had never known a man like Leo Bebb and was in most ways quite unlike him myself, but despite that, there was very little I had to do by way of consciously, purposefully inventing him.
He came, unexpected and unbidden, from a part of myself no less mysterious and inaccessible than the part where dreams come from ; and little by little there came with him a whole world of people and places that was as heretofore unknown to me as Bebb was himself.
" In this series, Buechner experimented for the first time with first-person narrative, and discovered that this, too, opened new doors.
His next work, Godric, published in 1980, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Like Leo Bebb, Godric, a 12th century English saint, tells his story in the first person, and Buechner took great care to recreate the sounds and rhythm of his speech.

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