Things Of The Hidden God: Journeys To The Holy Mountain - Rilegato

Merrill, Christopher

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ISBN 10: 0679463054 ISBN 13: 9780679463054

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 2005

Riassunto

An award-winning poet, journalist, and author of Watch Fire describes the spiritual, emotional, and vocational crisis that led to his pilgrimage to Mount Athos, an isolated monastic community in northern Greece that is a spiritual home of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and became the basis of a contemplative journey of spiritual discovery. 17,500 first printing.

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Recensione:

"A beautifully realized record of an ancient impulse - pilgrimage toward the Holy - that has never seemed more necessary. Christopher Merrill, in this book, is a reliable guide in esoteric terrain, a shrewd reader of history and literature, and an eloquent artist." - James Carroll, author of Constantine's Sword and Crusade

“Mount Athos is a spectacular and spellbinding place, mysterious and magnetic, dedicated to its own secrets. Mr. Merrill’s intimately conceived and beautifully told tribute to his deepening relation to the lure of Athos and its traditions, and the discoveries to which it has led him, is a rich and revealing personal chronicle.” —W. S. Merwin

L'autore:

Christopher Merrill has held the William H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary Letters at the College of the Holy Cross, and now directs the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.

CHRISTOPHER MERRILL’s books include four collections of poetry, including Watch Fire, for which he received the Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets; translations; several edited volumes; and three books of nonfiction, The Grass of Another Country: A Journey Through the World of Soccer; The Old Bridge: The Third Balkan War and the Age of the Refugee; and Only the Nails Remain: Scenes from the Balkan Wars.

A literary critic and journalist, his work has been translated into sixteen languages. He has held the William H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary Letters at the College of the Holy Cross, and now directs the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. He and his wife, the violinist Lisa Gowdy-Merrill, have two daughters, Hannah and Abigail.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0679463054
• ISBN 13: 9780679463054
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 280