In Dr. Anthony Esolen’s new translation of The Confessions of St. Augustine, the esteemed translator and author seeks to retain and reveal the figurative by hewing as closely as possible to the literal, both in the significance of individual words and in the manner of the author’s expression. TAN Books' CEO Conor Gallagher talks with Dr. Esolen about his newest translation of this spiritual masterpiece. | TAN Books

Dr. Anthony Esolen explains how Saint Augustine's Confessions blew him away with its timeless wisdom despite being written 1600 years ago. Get the book: https://tanbooks.com/products/confessions-of-st-augustine-of-hippo/ In this masterpiece, you will find a doctor of the Church longing for the true Doctor of the soul, Christ. Taking us from Augustine’s roots in Africa to his encounters with his spiritual father Saint Ambrose in Milan, from his battle against his concupiscence to his famed conver