Language: italian - 152 pages - - Due voci diverse e lontane fra loro interrogano il tempo. Le due voci sono, sorprendentemente, quella di Joseph Ratzinger (Papa Benedetto XVI) e quella del pittore americano William Congdon. Il libro unisce gli scritti di Ratzinger sulla Settimana Santa e i quadri di Congdon che evocano la grande lotta dell'uomo in cerca di un tempo significativo, di una storia trasfigurata.
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Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Seller Inventory # 51801310087
Seller: Frank J. Raucci, Bookseller, Wallingford, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2000 First English Language Edition of the 1998 First International Italian original. A fine, bright, clean, tight copy sans flaws in a Mylar Protective Cover. "Two voices, different and distant from each other, interrogate our times. At the Initiative of the Italian office of The William G. Congdon Foundation, these two voices have been brought together in this book, in an "involuntary encounter." The two voices, are, surprisingly that of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and of the American painter William Congdon." 149 pages. "this book unites Ratzinger's written text on Holy Week and the paintings by Congdon which evoke man's great struggle to seek a meaningful time, a history transfigured." ILLUSTRATED in Congdon's color paintings with accompanying descriptive captions. . Seller Inventory # 020286