Synopsis
This revelatory novel by a cloistered monk traces a young man's search for wisdom among the inhabitants of a Cistercian monastery of strict observance. In simple prose full of striking imagery, "All We Know of Heaven" brilliantly brings to life a rarefied realm where human folly nestles cheek by jowl with the divine.
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Synopsis
As nineteen-year-old Paul Seneschal enters a Cistercian monastery of the Strict Observance and adjusts to the austere, cloistered life, he is surprised to discover the many ways in which the divine can be revealed.
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Remy Rougeau is a cloistered monk living in the Upper Midwest. He holds an MFA from Emerson College and has published parts of this novel in the Atlantic Monthly and elsewhere.
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All We Know of Heaven
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Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 2001
ISBN 10: 0618149864
ISBN 13: 9780618149865
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light handling to wraps. Text fine. 228 pages. Seller Inventory # 022163