The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe - Softcover
Between 1990 and 1994, Colm Tóibín made a series of trips through Catholic Europe. His journey led him into close contact with people from all walks of life, from priests to politicians, from the intellectually open to the spiritually bigoted. He then set down his impressions in The Sign of the Cross, a beautifully written book filled with personal detail set within its historical context.
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uot;collapsed" Catholic, offers an odyssey into his inner self as he reckons with the religious demons of his past. Here are the rituals, the pilgrimages, the shrines, the fanatics, the charlatans and the sincerely devout Toibin encountered on his journeys.
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Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of five novels, most recentlyThe Masterwhich was shorlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize. His non-fiction includesBad Blood,Homage to BarcelonaandThe Sign of the Cross. His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He lives in Dublin.
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- Publication date2010
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