A Time for Everything

A Time for Everything
- Used Book in Good Condition
In the sixteenth century, Antinous Bellori, a boy of eleven, is lost in a dark forest and stumbles upon two glowing beings, one carrying a spear, the other a flaming torch â‚¬Â¦ This event is decisive in Belloriâ‚¬s life, and he thereafter devotes himself to the pursuit and study of angels, the intermediaries of the divine. Beginning in the Garden of Eden and soaring through to the present, A Time for Everything reimagines pivotal encounters between humans and angels: the glow of the cherubim watching over Eden; the profound love between Cain and Abel despite their differences; Lotâ‚¬s shame in Sodom; Noahâ‚¬s isolation before the flood; Ezekiel tied to his bed, prophesying ferociously; the death of Christ; and the emergence of sensual, mischievous cherubs in the seventeenth century. Alighting upon these dramatic scenes â‚¬â€œ from the Bible and beyond â‚¬â€œ Knausgaardâ‚¬s imagination takes flight: the result is a dazzling display of storytelling at its majestic, spellbinding best. Incorporating and challenging tradition, legend, and the Apocrypha, these penetrating glimpses hazard chilling questions: can the nature of the divine undergo change, and can the immortal perish?
Country USA
Brand Brand: Archipelago
Manufacturer Archipelago
Binding Paperback
Color Teal/Turquoise green
ReleaseDate 2009-11-20
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780980033083

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