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The Vicar of Sorrows (Hardcover)

de A.N. Wilson (Author)
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A nonbelieving clergyman sees his life fall apart after the death of his mother, whom he learns had been keeping a lover, and after his own affair with a young woman.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient de la Paperback édition.


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In his 1992 biography, Wilson made clear his acceptance of the human, but rejection of the divine, Jesus ( Jesus, LJ 9/15/92). This theme carries over into his latest and, to date, best novel, in which he takes on the Anglican church and middle-class sanctimony. Francis Kreer, the vicar of sorrows, is a clergyman who has lost his belief in God and is trapped in a loveless marriage. He remains a faithful shepherd to his flock until a chain of events, triggered by his mother's death and the discovery that she once had an illicit love affair, propels him into madness and despair. Job-like, he loses all he holds dear and is "compelled to confront the terrible truth about life on this planet," truth that the biblical writers understood but that the bland bishops do not: "the fact of death, the fact of evil, the difficulty of virtue, the fickleness of one's own heart." God may not exist, but the human heart still needs to find him. It is this fact, Wilson suggests, that makes us "beautiful beings." Wilson's send-up of the Anglican clergy and the all-too-typical "parishoner" frequently lighten the otherwise serious tone of this Waugh-like work. Highly recommended for serious collections of British fiction.
- David W. Henderson, Eckerd Coll. Lib., St. Petersburg, Fla.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 The Wages of Sin?, Janv. 27 2003
Par Robert Derenthal "bucherwurm" (California United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Vicar Of Sorrows (Paperback)
In this novel we visit an England where bishops are bureaucrats and the parish priests seem to be atheists. Author A.N. Wilson is not new to witnessing the decline of the Anglican Church. A few years back he wrote "God's Funeral", the informative and witty history of the decline of religion in Victorian England. Things don't seem to have changed much in modern day Britain.

Our protagonist is the Vicar of St. Birnius church, a small parish in a small town. The Rev. Francis Kreer stopped believing in God many years ago, roughly about the same time that he stopped loving his wife. He still likes his job though; it's easy, and there is some good to be accomplished in ministering to the faithful. His wife is another matter. He can't stand the sight of her. To make matters worse his mother has just died, and he has become quite depressed. One day a group of hippies squats down on the town's edge and Francis meets a young girl from the group. One thing leads to another and our pastor has fallen in love with her.

Francis runs off with the young lady, and ultimately loses his parish. What follows is a rather bizarre tale of mental deterioration. Author Wilson tells this story through moments of hilarity followed by sequences of sadness. Although the Reverend Kreer has had a succession of traumas in his recent life it is sometimes hard to understand the serious mental imbalance that results. Be that as it may, this book may be considered a delightful tragedy. If "delightful tragedy" fits a category that piques your interest do, by all means, pick up a copy.

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