An intimate memoir of Anne Rice’s Catholic girlhood, her unmaking as a devout believer, and her return to the Church – what she calls a decision of the heart.
Moving from her New Orleans childhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, with all its religious devotions, through how she slowly lost her belief in God, Called Out of Darkness also recounts Anne’s years in radical Berkeley, where she wrote Interview with the Vampire (a lament for her lost faith) and where she came to admire the principles of secular humanists. She writes about loss and alienation (her mother’s drinking, the deaths of her young daughter and later, her husband); about the birth of her son, Christopher; and about how, after 38 years as an atheist, she once again came to believe in Christ. Anne Rice makes a spiritual confession that is a celebration: a brilliant, subtle exploration of the journey through life that allows one to answer the call out of darkness.
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Recensione:
"Rice could rival C. S. Lewis as a popular apologist for the faith."
— TIME
"This memoir reads like a series of epiphanies without ever becoming overwrought or dogmatic."
— The Ottawa Citizen
"Inspiration certainly lies at the heart of Anne Rice's spiritual memoir."
— The Gazette
"This is the very affecting story of a well-known prodigal's return. . . . Called Out of Darkness is the vivid, engaging tale of the journey of a soul into light."
— Chicago Sun-Times
L'autore:
Anne Rice is the author of twenty-seven books. She lives in La Jolla, California.
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- EditoreRandom House of Canada Ltd
- Data di pubblicazione2008
- ISBN 10 0307397599
- ISBN 13 9780307397591
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine256
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