Synopsis
Tells the story of a young, unnamed ordinand with his mind full of God and his heart closed to love. After a nervous collapse in church, he is sent on a placement to London where he enters an unfamiliar world of outcasts, rent boys, fundamentalists, sado-masochists and AIDS.
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Review
An exceptional book - at its core it combines the sexual with the spiritual' Sunday Times
About the Author
Michael Arditti was born in Cheshire and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. He began his literary career writing plays, of which several were produced on the stage and the radio. He has written theatre criticism for The Times, The Sunday Times, Daily Mail and Sunday Express, and was, for many years, a regular reviewer for the Evening Standard. He currently reviews books for several papers and is a regular broadcaster on the BBC. His novel Easter, published in 2000, won the first Waterstone's Mardi Gras Award and was shortlisted for the Creative Freedom Award. Unity (2005) was shortlisted for the 2006 Wingate / Jewish Quarterly Literary Prize.
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Condition: Aceptable. : The Celibate es una novela de Michael Arditti que narra la historia de un joven ordinario con la mente llena de Dios y el corazón cerrado al amor. Tras sufrir una crisis durante un servicio en el altar, la Iglesia lo envía a un terapeuta en Londres en lugar de a un sacerdote para confesar. A lo largo de su terapia, se ve inmerso en un mundo desconocido de marginados, fundamentalistas y enfermos de SIDA, lo que le obliga a enfrentarse a la realidad de sus propias pasiones físicas y a cuestionar su fe y su vocación. EAN: 9781569471845 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción|Religión y Espiritualidad Título: The Celibate Autor: Michael Arditti Editorial: Soho Press Idioma: en Páginas: 416 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-08-20-ace2e8c8
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 341 pages. The unnamed narrator in this sensitive story is a young man with his mind ful l of God and his heart closed to love. An ordinand, he has had a breakdown while serving at the altar. The Church has sent him to a London therapist, rather tha. Seller Inventory # 1390ad