The Cloister : a novel
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Author
Published
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2017].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780385541275 (hardcover)
Physical Desc
364 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Conway Public Library - Adult Section | F Carro, J. | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2017].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780385541275 (hardcover)
Notes
Description
"From National Book Award-winning writer James Carroll comes a novel of the timeless love story of Peter Abelard and Heloise, and its impact on a modern priest and a Holocaust survivor seeking sanctuary in Manhattan. Father Michael Kavanagh is shocked to see a friend from his seminary days named Runner Malloy at the altar of his humble Inwood community parish. Wondering about their past, he wanders into the medieval haven of The Cloisters, and begins a conversation with a lovely and intriguing museum guide, Rachel Vedette. Rachel, a scholar of medieval history, has retreated to the quiet of The Cloisters after her harrowing experience as a Jewish woman in France during the Holocaust. She ponders her late father's greatest intellectual work: a study demonstrating the relationship between the famously discredited monk Peter Abelard and Jewish scholars. Something about Father Kavanagh makes Rachel think he might appreciate her continued studies, and she shares with him the work that cost her father his life. At the center of these interrelated stories is the classic romance between the great scholar Peter Abelard and his intellectual equal Heloise. For Rachel, Abelard is the key to understanding her people's place in intellectual history. For Kavanagh, he is a doorway to understanding the life he might have had outside of the Church. The Cloister is James Carroll at his best. --Dust jacket.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Abelard, Peter -- (1079-1142) -- Fiction.
Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Fiction.
Cloisters, The (Museum) -- Fiction.
Heloise -- (approx. 1095-1163 or 1164) -- Fiction.
Holocaust survivors -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Metropolitan Museum of Art -- (New York, NY) -- Fiction.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
Priests -- Fiction.
Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Fiction.
Cloisters, The (Museum) -- Fiction.
Heloise -- (approx. 1095-1163 or 1164) -- Fiction.
Holocaust survivors -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Metropolitan Museum of Art -- (New York, NY) -- Fiction.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei -- Fiction.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
Priests -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Carroll, J. (2017). The Cloister: a novel (First edition.). Nan A. Talese/Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carroll, James, 1943-. 2017. The Cloister: A Novel. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carroll, James, 1943-. The Cloister: A Novel Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Carroll, James. The Cloister: A Novel First edition., Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2017.
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