Shreds of a Monk's Robe - Softcover

Chabrowski, Tadeusz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989213358 ISBN 13: 9780989213356

Publisher: Bayberry Books, 2013

Synopsis

Tadeusz Chabrowski’s Shreds of a Monk’s Robe is a nostalgic, epistolary novel through the eyes of Martin, who writes about living at the novitiate of the Pauline Order in Lesniow, Poland as a young man. As Martin studies and meditates, he writes to his family and loved ones weighing complex philosophical and theological issues. In one respect a coming of age story, taking place within the austere confines of a monastery with strict rules, the young monk deals with issues of adolescence, questions of piety and faith, and intense emotions within a critical time of his life.

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About the Author

Tadeusz Chabrowski born in Poland (in 1934) and has lived in the USA since 1962. He was a Pauline monk for 16 years. A prolific poet (with 18 published volumes) he is also a novelist (with 2 books). He studied theology and philosophy at Institute of St. Paul the First Anchorite in Cracow, Poland and philosophy at the Catholic University, of Dublin, Ireland. He received his M.A. from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Shortly after receiving Holy Orders in 1960 he was delegated to the Pauline Order's American province in Doylestown. In 1967 he resigned from religious life and married. The couple has one son. He debuted in 1960 with several poems in "The Universal Weekly" (Tygodnik Powszechny), Poland's famous Catholic, independent weekly. He was subsequently published by English and American press, and also in leading literary and cultural periodicals in Poland. His poetry has been translated and published in the following languages: German, Hungarian, English, Spanish and Lithuanian. He has won six major awards, including the Koscielski Foundation Award (twice) in Switzerland, The World Poetry Award in the United States and The Union of Polish Writers Abroad Award in London for the best book of the year 2010. He lives and continues to write from his home in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where he has lived for many years with his wife Sophie.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bayberry Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0989213358
• ISBN 13: 9780989213356
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256