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Vestments

Autor John Reimringer
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 sep 2010

La o primă vedere, Vestments de John Reimringer pare a fi o cronică clasică a unei crize de credință, însă cititorul descoperă rapid o explorare mult mai profundă a tensiunii dintre spirit și carne. Observăm cum autorul refuză clișeele ușoare, alegând în schimb să construiască un portret onest al unui om prins între două lumi: misterul ritualic al Bisericii Catolice și viața pământească reprezentată de Betty Garcia, prima sa iubire. James Dressler nu fuge de divinitate, ci se caută pe sine în interiorul unei instituții care îi oferise inițial un refugiu împotriva mediului familial turbulent.

Simțim în fiecare pagină o documentare riguroasă a vieții de seminar și a singurătății din parohie, elemente pe care John Reimringer le redă cu un amestec de afecțiune și rigoare documentară. Ritmul narativ, deși așezat, este încărcat de o tensiune psihologică ce amintește de temele din The Perils of Passion de Christopher David, dar structura este aici mult mai strâns legată de specificul geografic și istoric al orașului St. Paul. Nu este doar o poveste despre dogmă, ci și una despre moștenire, marcată de rugăciunea bunicului său care devine un laitmotiv al luptei cu „omul natural”.

Credem că forța acestui roman, distins cu Minnesota Book Award, rezidă în capacitatea de a face tangibilă textura veșmintelor și rigoarea liturghiei, transformându-le în simboluri ale unei identități în conflict. Spre deosebire de alte lucrări care tratează subiectul într-o manieră pur romantică, această operă publicată de Milkweed Editions rămâne ancorată într-o realitate socială și istorică concretă, oferind o perspectivă matură asupra vocației și sacrificiului personal.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781571310804
ISBN-10: 1571310800
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 150 x 218 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Milkweed Editions
Locul publicării:Canada

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"In this potent debut about a wayward yet devout young priest who struggles to reconcile his faith with longings of the flesh, Reimringer has crafted a suspenseful, illuminating, and highly readable saga."

Publishers Weekly, starred review (Pick of the Week)

"This book knows the soul of the great old city: the yellowing taverns and fraying neighborhoods, the sense of grace in decline, the doubtful saints wrangling their disbelief. John Reimringer writes with the confidence and observation of one who was there at the time and is there still, and his novel has the knuckles and shouting and beer breath of glory."

Leif Enger, author of Peace Like a River and So Brave, Young, and Handsome

"Ribald and wry, concerned at heart with faith and forgiveness, Vestments is a rich, involving debut."

Stewart O'Nan, author of Last Night at the Lobster and Songs for the Missing

"In this memorable, skillful novel, John Reimringer writes compassionately about the tie between violence and yearning, the calls of the body and the calls of the spirit. Many writers can write well about one or the other. The gift of this writer is his rich understanding and love of both. Vestments is a wise, wide, and eloquent book."

Erin McGraw, author of The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard, The Good Life, Lies of the Saints

"Deeply rooted in history, burning with family furies, and told by a narrator-priest you find yourself rooting for (and wondering about), this is a captivating novel, scene by scene."

Patricia Hampl, author of The Florist's Daughter

"In this potent debut about a wayward yet devout young priest who struggles to reconcile his faith with longings of the flesh, Reimringer has crafted a suspenseful, illuminating, and highly readable saga."--"Publishers Weekly", starred review (Pick of the Week)"This book knows the soul of the great old city: the yellowing taverns and fraying neighborhoods, the sense of grace in decline, the doubtful saints wrangling their disbelief. John Reimringer writes with the confidence and observation of one who was there at the time and is there still, and his novel has the knuckles and shouting and beer breath of glory."--Leif Enger, author of "Peace Like a River" and "So Brave, Young, and Handsome""Ribald and wry, concerned at heart with faith and forgiveness, "Vestments" is a rich, involving debut."--Stewart O'Nan, author of "Last Night at the Lobster" and "Songs for the Missing""In this memorable, skillful novel, John Reimringer writes compassionately about the tie between violence and yearning, the calls of the body and the calls of the spirit. Many writers can write well about one or the other. The gift of this writer is his rich understanding and love of both. "Vestments" is a wise, wide, and eloquent book."--Erin McGraw, author of "The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard", "The Good Life", "Lies of the Saints""Deeply rooted in history, burning with family furies, and told by a narrator-priest you find yourself rooting for (and wondering about), this is a captivating novel, scene by scene."--Patricia Hampl, author of "The Florist's Daughter"

Descriere scurtă

Let me begin today, illumined by Thy light, to destroy this part of the natural man which lives in me in its entirety, the obstacle that constantly keeps me from Thy Love. Taught this prayer as a boy by his grandfather, James Dressler recites it each time he's tempted by earthly desires. Originally drawn to the priesthood by the mystery, purity, and sensual fabric of the Church, as well as by its promise of a safe harbor from his tempestuous home, James finds himself -- just a few years after his ordination -- attracted again to his first love, Betty Garcia. Torn between these opposing desires, and haunted by his familial heritage, James finds himself at a crossroads. Exploring age-old and yet urgently contemporary issues in the Catholic Church, and infused throughout by a rich sense of the history and vibrant texture of St. Paul, and infused throughout by a rich sense of the history and vibrant texture of St. Paul, this is an utterly honest and subtly lyrical novel.