What is the best book on sayings and stories of Desert Fathers?

[JER7177]

I am looking for a recommended volumes on the sayings and stories of the Desert Fathers. Can anyone recommend a good copy? Looking for a good, reasonably priced volume. I have seen one from Penguin classics that looks interesting but maybe you know better.

Ad Jesum per Mariam!

 

[rivera01]

Someone recommended this book to me, althought I have yet to read it, its in my amazon wishlist.

amazon.com/Sayings-Desert-Fathers-Cistercian-studies/dp/0879079592/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pdT1_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=301A03CY8IEWX&coliid=I2FAHFD7XJISEV

 

[Alan55]

In addition to the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, my favorite books on the Desert Fathers are:

Lives of the Desert Fathers: Historia Monachorum in Aegypto

amazon.com/gp/product/087…97JH50BP7PBGZ9

The Life of Antony by St. Athanasius

amazon.com/Athanasius-Lif…ref=pd_sim_b_4

The Word in the Desert: Scripture and the Quest for Holiness in Early Christian Monasticism, by Douglas Burton-Christie

amazon.com/Word-Desert-Sc…+in+the+desert

I plan to read, but haven’t yet read, two of the most famous books about the Desert Fathers, which had a profound influence on western Christian monasticism, the Institutes and the Conferences of John Cassian

amazon.com/Institutes-St-…the+institutes

amazon.com/John-Cassian-C…the+institutes

 

[dcrowmik]

I have this one and have enjoyed reading it.

 

[Diak]

I highly recommend the Benedica Ward book mentioned by rivera01.

 

[Nigel7]

I am reading this. It’s very good…

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Cistercian Publications

Price reduced to $10, here - amazon.com/Sayings-Desert-Fathers-Cistercian-studies/dp/0879079592/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345067381&sr=8-1&keywords=the+sayings+of+the+desert+fathers

(I paid $16 at a local bookstore).

Edit: Ahh yes, I see now that rivera01 (and Diak) recommended this same book.