A time to keep silence

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While still a teenager, Patrick Leigh Fermor made his way across Europe, as recounted in his classic memoirs, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water. During World War II, he fought with local partisans against the Nazi occupiers of Crete. But in A Time to Keep Silence, Leigh Fermor writes about a more inward journey, describing his several sojourns in some of Europe’s oldest and most venerable monasteries. He stays at the Abbey of St. Wandrille, a great repository of art and learning; at Solesmes, famous for its revival of Gregorian chant; and at the deeply ascetic Trappist monastery of La Grande Trappe, where monks take a vow of silence. Finally, he visits the rock monasteries of Cappadocia, hewn from the stony spires of a moonlike landscape, where he seeks some trace of the life of the earliest Christian anchorites.

More than a history or travel journal, however, this beautiful short book is a meditation on the meaning of silence and solitude for modern life. Leigh Fermor writes, “In the seclusion of a cell—an existence whose quietness is only varied by the silent meals, the solemnity of ritual, and long solitary walks in the woods—the troubled waters of the mind grow still and clear, and much that is hidden away and all that clouds it floats to the surface and can be skimmed away; and after a time one reaches a state of peace that is unthought of in the ordinary world.”

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A wonderful insight into the calm and contemplative world of the monastery from a premier travel writer from the french abbey of st wandrille to the abandoned and awesome rock monasteries of cappadocia in turkey the celebrated travel writer patrick leigh fermor studies the rigorous contemplative l Uiterlijk 8 november in huis .. MEER INFO

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From the french abbey of st wandrille to the abandoned and awesome rock monasteries of cappadocia in turkey the celebrated travel writer patrick leigh fermor studies the rigorous contemplative lives of the monks and the timeless beauty of their monastic surroundings in his occasional retreats the Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Patrick Leigh Fermor An Adventure

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The authorized biography shortlisted for waterstones book of the year the national book awards and the costa biography award patrick leigh fermor 1915 2011 was a war hero whose exploits in crete are legendary and above all he is widely acclaimed as the greatest travel writer of our times notabl Uiterlijk 8 november in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 30 oktober 2007

Aantal pagina's: 128

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Patrick Leigh Fermor

Hoofduitgeverij: NYRB Classics

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 133 mm

Product hoogte: 13 mm

Product lengte: 210 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 133 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 13 mm

Verpakking lengte: 210 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 139 g

EAN: 9781590172445

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