An Infinity of Little Hours - by Nancy Klein Maguire (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this riveting chronicle, Maguire presents a uniquely intimate portrait of the customs and practices of a monastic order and follows the trial of faith of five young men in the Carthusians, the most rigorous and ascetic monastic order in the Western world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In 1960, five young men arrived at the imposing gates of Parkminster, the largest center of the most rigorous and ascetic monastic order in the Western world: the Carthusians. This is the story of their five-year journey into a society virtually unchanged in its behavior and lifestyle since its foundation in 1084. <i>An Infinity of Little Hours</i> is a uniquely intimate portrait of the customs and practices of a monastic order almost entirely unknown until now. It is also a drama of the men's struggle as they avoid the 1960s -- the decade of hedonism, music, fashion, and amorality -- and enter an entirely different era and a spiritual world of their own making. After five years each must face a choice: to make solemn profession and never leave Parkminster; or to turn his back on his life's ambition to find God in solitude. A remarkable investigative work, the book combines first-hand testimony with unique source material to describe the Carthusian life. And in the final chapter, which recounts a reunion forty years after the events described elsewhere in the book, Nancy Klein Maguire reveals which of the five succeeded in their quest, and which did not.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Nancy Klein Maguire</b> is the author of numerous publications on the relationship of theatre and politics in the seventeenth century. She frequently reviews books, most recently for the <i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i>. She has been a Scholar-in- Residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, since 1983.
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