The Hidden Pope: The Untold Story of a Lifelong Friendship That Is Changing the Relationship Between Catholics and Jews: The Personal Journey of John Paull II and Jerzy Kluger [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

O'Brien, Darcy

Verlag: Daybreak Books, an imprint of Rodale Books, New York, 1998

Beschreibung

Fine unread condition purple cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Darcy O'Brien; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quotes by John Paul II and Johannes Cardinal Willebrands; Selected Personal and Place Names; Sources and Acknowledgments. Illustrated with two sections of black-and-white photographic plates. A remainder mark at upper page edge. "One of the significant stories of the century., O'Brien manages to leave you with a feeling of having been privy to a world-changing drama of the greatest spiritual and political consequence." - Seamus Heaney, Poet and Nobel laureate. "This is a beautiful and significant work of nonfiction, uplifting and disturbing and always memorable - an unstoppable read. Through the eyes of the improbable and wonderful Jerzy Kluger, a childhood friend of the pope, we see the intensely human character of the pope and the inner atmosphere of the Vatican. There has never been a book like this about any pope. O'Brien's writing is flawless." - Richard Preston,author. "John Paul II's acknowledgment of the role of the Christian church in building anti-Semitism into the very fabric of Western passions and sentiments, and his repudiation of this loathsome legacy, may prove to be an unequivocal triumph of his papacy. Darcy O'Brien, with exemplary eloquence and skill, traces both the course of anti-Semitism within Christain culture and the resistance to it within the soul of the Polish priest who became the present pope." - Thomas Flanagan, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and New York Times best-selling author. "It's The Story That's Never Been Told. In The Hidden Pope, author Darcy O'Brien offers the moving account of the extraordinary relationship of Karol Wojtyla and Jerzy Kluger - their boyhood in the small Polish town of Wadowice, their separation at the beginning of World War II, their individual experiences under Nazi and Soviet tyranny, and their reunion almost thirty years later. Set in the perspective of monumental reconciliation between Christianity and Judaism, this is an inspiring, intimate portrait of John Paul II that describes him as only his closest friends know him and as no pope has ever been portrayed before. Readers will come to know the Holy Father as a man and to understand his most controversial ideas as expressions of his dramatic experience of life. Mr. O'Brien transports us into daily life in Wadowice before the war, where Christians and Jews lived peacefully side by side, sharing education, the arts, and friendship until the Nazi invasion brought mass destruction and death. This story, thoroughly documented for the first time, upsets conventional assumptions about Poland and anti-Semitism. Here, too, the personal character of John Paul II and the reasons for his decision to enter the priesthood are revealed, as he reacts to Nazi terror while his Jewish friend Jerzy endures Soviet oppression and sees combat with the beleaguered Polish Army. Through the recollections of Jerzy Kluger, interviews with witnesses to the friendship of the two men, unprecedented access to the Vatican and the pope, and extensive research, Darcy O'Brien has produced a potent emotional narrativve that is both a dramatic coming-of-age story and an important historical document. Mr. O'Brien's portrayal of the pope's enduring friendship with Jerzy Klyger epitomizes John Paul's loyalty, his abhorrence of bigotry, and his unprecedented embrace of Judaism as the indispensable ancestor and fraternal partner of Christianity. And for the first time, Mr. O'Brien reveals how in 1979 and for the ensuing 15 years, John Paul enlisted Jerzy Kluger to work with him secretly toward Vatican recognition of Israel. This and many other surprsing disclosures make The Hidden Pope the only truly personal portrait of one of the greatest spiritual leaders ." - from the jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007899

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Hidden Pope: The Untold Story of a ...

Verlag: Daybreak Books, an imprint of Rodale Books, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1998

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: de Wilde, Barbara (jacket design)

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition