Philip Yancey's best-selling books have made him a trusted guide for millions of readers. In "Soul Survivor, now available in trade paperback, he charts his own spiritual pilgrimage through the influence of key men and women who modeled for him a life-enhancing faith--people such as G. K. Chesterton, Frederick Buechner, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Annie Dillard. What he has learned from these people has propelled his own search for authentic faith. Yancey's many fans will find these inspiring accounts to be nurturing and challenging to their own faith. And new readers will be encouraged to begin or continue their own Godward journey.

It would seem the height of immodesty to praise a book that devotes an entire chapter to praising me. Let me therefore merely recommend it to anyone interested in a relaxed and conversational account of how an assortment of odd fish were variously caught up in and transformed by the Christian Gospel
-Frederick Buechner, author of The Sacred Journey, The Hungering Dark and The Eyes of the Heart.
I love, and am grateful for, every marvelous book Mr. Yancey writes.
-Anne Lamott

From the Hardcover edition.