The Singular Pilgrim: Travels on Sacred Ground [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Mahoney, Rosemary

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ISBN 10: 0618446656 ISBN 13: 9780618446650

Casa editrice: Harperone, 2004

Riassunto

In a series of deeply personal accounts, the author of The Early Arrival of Dreams explores the practice of religious pilgrimage as she recreates the Irish Catholic pilgrimage to Station Island, visits to holy sites in Israel, the Hindu pilgrimage to Varanasi, a trip to Lourdes, and the journey to Santiago de Compostela, among others, and examines the meaning of the pilgrimage in modern life. Reprint.

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L'autore:

ROSEMARY MAHONEY is the author of Whoredom in Kimmage, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the New York Times Notable Book The Early Arrival of Dreams. The recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award, she lives in Rhode Island.

Product Description:

An "enlightening but also very funny" (Paul Theroux) account of one woman's personal quest to find the roots of belief among modern religious pilgrims.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Harperone
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0618446656
• ISBN 13: 9780618446650
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 404