The Bishop - Hardcover
When a bishop becomes critically ill, his friends gather around him and he looks back on his life
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The renowned Canadian author-poet's new novel is like a majestic oratorio, affecting one profoundly. Helwig subsumes reality and voluptuous imagery in the story of Anglo-Catholic Bishop Henry who is dying of a stroke. In his memory, Henry is a young minister in love with his wife Amelia who vanishes on assignment in Alaska. A chaplain during World War II, Henry then meets the man Amelia had an affair with, among other people who live again in the bishop's thoughts. They are as vivid to the reader as are Henry's devoted parishionershis secretary Rose, also a carpenter, creating things for him she knows he'll never use; a pitiful moron hiding out in the cathedral corners; and all the devoted flock bracing themselves for the inevitable. There is also the shaman Ishakak, drawn magically to Henry's side from the Arctic, to attend his old friend in need. The story, at once sorrowful and uplifting, will linger in readers' minds.
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Paralyzed, dying, Bishop Henry awaits his release. Though his imperious clerical assistants challenge all comers, friend or ghost, several appear to speed his journey with offerings of love, among them his secretary, an old Inuit shaman from the Arctic, and his lost wife and her lover. Nearby in the cathedral hides Norman, his feeble brain dimly perceiving the union of Now with Eternity. Allusions to the Anglican liturgy, delicate syntax, and a mystical touch make The Bishop a beautiful novel to recommend to any reader who is weary of the obdurate priests in most current fiction. Helwig is a notable Canadian poet and novelist. Maurice Taylor, Brunswick Cty. Lib., Southport, N.C.
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- PublisherViking Adult
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 067080746X
- ISBN 13 9780670807468
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages234
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