Virgin Time - by Patricia Hampl (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>"A religious cliff-hanger--intimate, compelling, hard to put down."<br>SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE<br>Eager to shake off the indelible brand of a Catholic upbringing, Patricia Hample seeks the "old world" of Catholicism. On her pilgrimage she meets others seekers--crotchety English agnostics, American Franciscan friars and nuns, and the seekers that fill every charter flight. Inevitably, too, she finds the "old world" right at home, in the very past she had tried to escape. But what she is looking for confronts her, finally, on a rereat at a monastery near the Lost Coast of northern California in the still, virgin moments of silent prayer....<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Virgin Time is a book that goes to the heart of one of the most profound yet least discussed issues of contemporary American life: the individual's search for faith. It is "a passionate inquiry", as Patricia Hampl puts it, "into the sources of wonder that cause a person to say, 'I believe.'" Hampl's book begins as a grudging quest - not to find something, but to shake the indelible brand of a Catholic upbringing. In her search, she travels to the "old world" of Catholicism, in Italy and France, and inevitably her pilgrimage is peopled with other pilgrims - crotchety English agnostics, American Franciscan friars and nuns, the surging crowds of Lourdes with their candles and incurable illnesses, and the eccentric seekers that fill every charter flight. Inevitably, too, she finds the "old world" right at home, in the very past she had tried to escape. Finally, on a visit to a monastery near the Lost Coast of Northern California, she is able to settle into the real goal of her search: the silence of prayer. Virgin Time meets head-on the challenges to spirituality raised by contemporary life and responds to them searchingly, honestly, and movingly. Patricia Hampl's new book has unforgettable resonating power.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Patricia Hampl</b> first stepped onto the literary scene with <i>A Romantic Education</i>, a Cold War memoir about her Czech heritage. Four of her books have been named Notable Books of the Year by <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>. Hampl's work has appeared in <i>The New Yorker</i>, <i>Paris Review</i>, <i>Granta, The American Scholar, </i> the<i> New York Times</i>, the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, <i>Best American Short Stories</i> and <i>Best</i> <i>American Essays</i>. In 1990 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. In addition, she has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Bush Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts (twice, in poetry and prose), Ingram Merrill Foundation and Djerassi Foundation. Hampl teaches fall semesters in the English MFA program at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
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