The convent
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"An impressive addition to the works of a master storyteller."—The Independent The crumbling convent of Our Lady of Mercy stands alone in an uninhabited part of the Spanish sierra, hidden on a hill among dense forest. Its inhabitants are devoted to God, to solitude and silence—six women cut off from a world they've chosen to leave behind. This all changes on the day that Mother Superior Maria Ines discovers a suitcase punctured with air holes at the entrance to the retreat: a baby, abandoned to its fate. Is it a miracle? Soon she will find that the baby's arrival has consequences beyond her imagining, and that even in her carefully protected sanctuary she is unable to keep the world, or her past, at bay. In this beautifully told novel, "we witness justice and injustice, theological controversy, the politics of a tiny enclosed society, despair, cruelty, generosity, scandal, suspicion and suicide, all told with immense verve and skill" (London Sunday Times).
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9780393080452
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Grouping Title | convent |
Grouping Author | panos karnezis |
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-02-25 06:40:43AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-18 23:31:40PM |
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Karnezis, Panos, 1967-
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"An impressive addition to the works of a master storyteller."—The Independent The crumbling convent of Our Lady of Mercy stands alone in an uninhabited part of the Spanish sierra, hidden on a hill among dense forest. Its inhabitants are devoted to God, to solitude and silence—six women cut off from a world they've chosen to leave behind. This all changes on the day that Mother Superior Maria Ines discovers a suitcase punctured with air holes at the entrance to the retreat: a baby, abandoned to its fate. Is it a miracle? Soon she will find that the baby's arrival has consequences beyond her imagining, and that even in her carefully protected sanctuary she is unable to keep the world, or her past, at bay. In this beautifully told novel, "we witness justice and injustice, theological controversy, the politics of a tiny enclosed society, despair, cruelty, generosity, scandal, suspicion and suicide, all told with immense verve and skill" (London Sunday Times).
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Convents -- Spain -- Fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Foundlings -- Fiction
Life change events -- Fiction
Literature
Nuns -- Spain -- Fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Foundlings -- Fiction
Life change events -- Fiction
Literature
Nuns -- Spain -- Fiction
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The convent
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The convent / Panos Karnezis
The convent [electronic resource] : A novel. Panos Karnezis
The convent [electronic resource] : A novel. Panos Karnezis
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The convent
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Foundlings
Life change events
Literature
Nuns
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Foundlings
Life change events
Literature
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