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Unworthy: A Novel
EN NWISBN: 9780385542944 bzw. 0385542941, in Englisch, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, neu.
Lieferung aus: Kanada, In Stock, plus shipping.
Antonio Monda, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Literary, Unworthy: A Novel, A Catholic priest struggles with the remembrance of an illicit romance in 1970s New York in this powerfully intimate novel of faith and doubt, guilt and love.Born to an absentee Jewish father and a devout Irish mother, Abram Singer always felt anomalous, an outsider who doesn't truly belong anywhere. Raised Catholic, he finds himself drawn to the meaningful structure of the seminary and becomes a Manhattan parish priest, and administrator of a homeless shelter. Singer's life is guided by a genuine faith in God and a sincere wish to do His work.But in New York City of the late 70s and early 80s, sin runs rampant and Singer is not deaf to its call. Despite his vow of chastity, he is irresistibly attracted to women and has a long-standing relationship with a young woman named Lisa, whom he genuinely and passionately loves. Their romance, Singer feels, bears the hallmarks of all of his gravest weaknesses--doubt, hypocrisy, and an inability to renounce his own sin. In spite of these misgivings, Lisa's love and support slowly begin to supplant the church in Singer's life, though she refuses to let him walk away from what they both agree is his calling. When Lisa becomes pregnant with Singer's child, her decision and its unhappy aftermath become the turning points around which Singer obsesses, haunted by his faltering faith, the choices he did not make at the time, and the two lives he could not live at once.Told entirely in Singer's straightforward, self-aware voice, Unworthy is a riveting, morally complex narrative about the nature of faith, loyalty, and identity, and a gritty period piece about a man trying to make his way in one of America's greatest cities.
Antonio Monda, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Literary, Unworthy: A Novel, A Catholic priest struggles with the remembrance of an illicit romance in 1970s New York in this powerfully intimate novel of faith and doubt, guilt and love.Born to an absentee Jewish father and a devout Irish mother, Abram Singer always felt anomalous, an outsider who doesn't truly belong anywhere. Raised Catholic, he finds himself drawn to the meaningful structure of the seminary and becomes a Manhattan parish priest, and administrator of a homeless shelter. Singer's life is guided by a genuine faith in God and a sincere wish to do His work.But in New York City of the late 70s and early 80s, sin runs rampant and Singer is not deaf to its call. Despite his vow of chastity, he is irresistibly attracted to women and has a long-standing relationship with a young woman named Lisa, whom he genuinely and passionately loves. Their romance, Singer feels, bears the hallmarks of all of his gravest weaknesses--doubt, hypocrisy, and an inability to renounce his own sin. In spite of these misgivings, Lisa's love and support slowly begin to supplant the church in Singer's life, though she refuses to let him walk away from what they both agree is his calling. When Lisa becomes pregnant with Singer's child, her decision and its unhappy aftermath become the turning points around which Singer obsesses, haunted by his faltering faith, the choices he did not make at the time, and the two lives he could not live at once.Told entirely in Singer's straightforward, self-aware voice, Unworthy is a riveting, morally complex narrative about the nature of faith, loyalty, and identity, and a gritty period piece about a man trying to make his way in one of America's greatest cities.
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Unworthy
EN NWISBN: 9780525435273 bzw. 0525435271, in Englisch, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, neu.
Lieferung aus: Kanada, In Stock, plus shipping.
Antonio Monda, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Literary, Unworthy, With storytelling finesse, Antonio Monda has written a compact and forceful book that might be a morbid erotic tale out of Boccaccio, exposing the tormented lust of the clergy.--Philip RothA Catholic priest struggles with memories of an illicit romance in 1970s New York in this powerfully intimate novel of faith and doubt, guilt and love.New York in the late 70s: fiscal crisis, rising crime, the great blackout of '77--the city seemed to be on an irreversible decline that was battering its very soul. And, to put it mildly, sin was everywhere. Against this backdrop we meet Abram Singer, a Catholic priest with an unusual name and a very dark secret. Born to an absentee Jewish father and a devout Irish mother, Abram always felt like an outsider, someone standing between two worlds. Raised Catholic, he found himself drawn to the meaningful structure of the seminary and became a Manhattan parish priest. Guided by a genuine faith in God, Abram's sincerest wish is to do His work. But Abram is not without his human failings, primary of which is lust. Despite his vow of chastity, he is irresistibly attracted to women and has a long-standing relationship with a young woman named Lisa, whom he loves passionately. Their romance, Abram feels, bears the hallmarks of all of his gravest weaknesses--doubt, hypocrisy, and an inability to renounce his own sin. These misgivings threaten to overwhelm him when a stranger calls Abram at the parish threatening to expose his liaison, forcing him to decide whether the risks of continuing with Lisa have become simply too great. Told entirely in Abram's straightforward, self-aware voice, Unworthy is both a riveting, morally complex narrative about the nature of faith, loyalty, and identity, and a gritty period piece about a man trying to make his way in one of America's greatest cities.
Antonio Monda, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Literary, Unworthy, With storytelling finesse, Antonio Monda has written a compact and forceful book that might be a morbid erotic tale out of Boccaccio, exposing the tormented lust of the clergy.--Philip RothA Catholic priest struggles with memories of an illicit romance in 1970s New York in this powerfully intimate novel of faith and doubt, guilt and love.New York in the late 70s: fiscal crisis, rising crime, the great blackout of '77--the city seemed to be on an irreversible decline that was battering its very soul. And, to put it mildly, sin was everywhere. Against this backdrop we meet Abram Singer, a Catholic priest with an unusual name and a very dark secret. Born to an absentee Jewish father and a devout Irish mother, Abram always felt like an outsider, someone standing between two worlds. Raised Catholic, he found himself drawn to the meaningful structure of the seminary and became a Manhattan parish priest. Guided by a genuine faith in God, Abram's sincerest wish is to do His work. But Abram is not without his human failings, primary of which is lust. Despite his vow of chastity, he is irresistibly attracted to women and has a long-standing relationship with a young woman named Lisa, whom he loves passionately. Their romance, Abram feels, bears the hallmarks of all of his gravest weaknesses--doubt, hypocrisy, and an inability to renounce his own sin. These misgivings threaten to overwhelm him when a stranger calls Abram at the parish threatening to expose his liaison, forcing him to decide whether the risks of continuing with Lisa have become simply too great. Told entirely in Abram's straightforward, self-aware voice, Unworthy is both a riveting, morally complex narrative about the nature of faith, loyalty, and identity, and a gritty period piece about a man trying to make his way in one of America's greatest cities.
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Do You Believe?
EN PB NW EBISBN: 9780307280589 bzw. 0307280586, in Englisch, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Taschenbuch, neu, E-Book.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, E-Book zum download.
Biography & Autobiography, Some of the most well-known and well-respected cultural figures of our time enter into intimate and illuminating conversation about their personal beliefs, about belief itself, about religion, and about God. Antonio Monda is a disarming, rigorous interviewer, asking the most difficult questions (he often begins an interview point blank: Do you believe in God?) that lead to the most wide-ranging conversations. An ardent believer himself, Monda talks both with atheists (asked what she feels when she meets a believer, Grace Paley replies: I respect his thinking and his beliefs, but at the same time I think he's deluded) and other believers, their discussion ranging from personal images of God (Michael Cunningham sees God as a black woman, Derek Walcott as a wise old white man with a beard) to religion's place in American culture, from the afterlife to the concepts of good and evil, from fundamentalism to the Bible. And almost without fail, the conversations turn to questions of art and literature. Toni Morrison discusses Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner, Richard Ford invokes Wallace Stevens, and David Lynch draws attention to the religious aspects of Buuel, Fellini...and Harold Ramis's Groundhog Day . Informal, revealing, unexpected, Do You Believe? is a captivating and thought-provoking meditation how faith, in all its facets, remains profoundly relevant for and in our culture. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Biography & Autobiography, Some of the most well-known and well-respected cultural figures of our time enter into intimate and illuminating conversation about their personal beliefs, about belief itself, about religion, and about God. Antonio Monda is a disarming, rigorous interviewer, asking the most difficult questions (he often begins an interview point blank: Do you believe in God?) that lead to the most wide-ranging conversations. An ardent believer himself, Monda talks both with atheists (asked what she feels when she meets a believer, Grace Paley replies: I respect his thinking and his beliefs, but at the same time I think he's deluded) and other believers, their discussion ranging from personal images of God (Michael Cunningham sees God as a black woman, Derek Walcott as a wise old white man with a beard) to religion's place in American culture, from the afterlife to the concepts of good and evil, from fundamentalism to the Bible. And almost without fail, the conversations turn to questions of art and literature. Toni Morrison discusses Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner, Richard Ford invokes Wallace Stevens, and David Lynch draws attention to the religious aspects of Buuel, Fellini...and Harold Ramis's Groundhog Day . Informal, revealing, unexpected, Do You Believe? is a captivating and thought-provoking meditation how faith, in all its facets, remains profoundly relevant for and in our culture. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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