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A thought-provoking story . . . a breath of fresh air . . .The author is a gifted wordsmith, ably portraying a variety of colorful scenes and scenarios -- physical and philosophical. --Lela Gilbert, Newsmax If you're going to write a book about your religious conversion it'd better be a great yarn. And if you're going to write a memoir while you're still in your early thirties you'd better be a great writer. In From Fire, by Water Sohrab Ahmari has both boxes checked. . . . Ahmari is a precise and evocative writer, which makes From Fire, by Water easy reading and good reading. --Matthew Hennessey, The University Bookman Remarkable. . . . a book of many virtues, the most unexpected of which is Ahmari's subtle brand of comedy . . . . From Fire, by Water is a spiritual memoir perfectly suited to our time. --Jonathan V. Last, Commentary Magazine Buy Sohrab's superb book for its story of personal faith but also its revelations of life under a farcical theocracy. --Tim Stanley, The Catholic Herald

[A] striking memoir. -- Ross Douthat, The New York Times [B]rave, honest and often very dramatic . . . a powerful story, powerfully told. --The Tablet Ahmari writes beautifully, and the story he tells is fascinating. . . . Although Ahmari's context is a different one from [Thomas] Merton's, more than once while reading the book I saw correlations between their autobiographies. -- Gregory Hillis, America Buy Sohrab's superb book for its story of personal faith but also its revelations of life under a farcical theocracy. -- Tim Stanley, The Catholic Herald I thought From Fire, By Water was a story about conversion. But it's far more than that. It's about the journey of civilization and the great problems of our time. -- Seth Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post Lives -- indeed, as I believe, eternal destinies -- will be changed by this book. I wish every angry young man who hates God could read this moving, challenging personal confession of a still-young man who has been where they are, and who gained wisdom and release. -- Rod Dreher, The American Conservative Sohrab Ahmari is emerging as one of the finest minds and writers of his generation, and the story of his conversion recounted here will stay with the reader for a very long time. -- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, from the Foreword An engaging account of [Ahmari's] journey to faith. . . . extraordinary talents as a writer. -- R.R. Reno, First Things

From Fire, By Water is a book that I would place in the hands of any young, over-confident, over-zealous skeptic. It's a book that college-age kids need to read as they flirt, perhaps for the first time, with new ideas that sound avant-garde and rebellious for rebellion's sake, but only end up disappointing. --Andrew Walker, The Public Discourse [A] forthright and well-written spiritual memoir. -- Hannah Niemeier, The New Criterion --Hannah Niemeier, The New Criterion A thought-provoking story . . . a breath of fresh air . . .The author is a gifted wordsmith, ably portraying a variety of colorful scenes and scenarios -- physical and philosophical. --Lela Gilbert, Newsmax If you're going to write a book about your religious conversion it'd better be a great yarn. And if you're going to write a memoir while you're still in your early thirties you'd better be a great writer. In From Fire, by Water Sohrab Ahmari has both boxes checked. . . . Ahmari is a precise and evocative writer, which makes From Fire, by Water easy reading and good reading. --Matthew Hennessey, The University Bookman Remarkable. . . . a book of many virtues, the most unexpected of which is Ahmari's subtle brand of comedy . . . . From Fire, by Water is a spiritual memoir perfectly suited to our time. --Jonathan V. Last, Commentary Magazine Buy Sohrab's superb book for its story of personal faith but also its revelations of life under a farcical theocracy. --Tim Stanley, The Catholic Herald

Remarkable. . . . a book of many virtues, the most unexpected of which is Ahmari's subtle brand of comedy . . . . From Fire, by Water is a spiritual memoir perfectly suited to our time. -- Jonathan V. Last, Commentary --Jonathan V. Last, Commentary Magazine

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Sohrab Ahmari is the op-ed editor of the New York Post and a contributing editor of the Catholic Herald. Previously, he served as a columnist and editor with the Wall Street Journal opinion pages in New York and London, and as senior writer at Commentary magazine. His work has also been published in the New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Weekly Standard, First Things, Dissent and America, among many other publications. Ahmari is also the author of The New Philistines: How Identity Politics Disfigure the Arts.

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