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About the Author
Nancy Klein Maguire 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 Los Angeles Times Book Review. She has been a Scholar-in- Residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, since 1983.
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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: PublicAffairs; New edition edition (March 13, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781586484323
ISBN-13: 978-1586484323
ASIN: 158648432X
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5.5 x 0.7 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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A nearly perfect book, AN INFINITY OF LITTLE HOURS is one of the best non-fiction works I've read on any subject in some time. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, the book serves as a guide to the austere, eremitic Carthusian life as it was experienced prior to Vatican II. As the author, Nancy Klein Maguire, notes, there's not a lot available for the layperson to read about this order of monks cut off from the world, and whose way of life has changed little since the 11th century. We are truly fortunate, then, to have Maguire as our host for this journey.Maguire follows the lives of five young men who entered the Parkminster Charterhouse in England in the years 1960 to 1961: three men from the U.S. (Chicago, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn), one from Germany, and another from Ireland. That they do not all stay in the life quickly becomes clear, but wondering who stays and who leaves is part of the charm. (Warning: the photos are spoilers for the ending.) What's really wonderful is how Maguire gives the reader a chance to experience vicariously these men's lives from the point they literally approach the door of the Charterhouse and enter into its life to the time they leave or become professed. We are seduced by the life, but also acutely feel its physical discomforts. We grow with the men as the initial romance wears off, and the political reality of divisions between the monks becomes apparent. In the end, we are enchanted by the monks who persevere in the life, but also embrace the men who leave, fully sharing their relief. Maguire is a gifted writer; her prose is like freshly made butter, smooth and delicious. I think I could read anything she chose to write next, and plan to.What profoundly struck me in reading Maguire's book was how these men, in entering the Carthusian life presumably to stay to the end of their lives, were essentially preparing for their deaths. At first I found the notion bewildering, even suffocating. I mean, our culture celebrates youth and fears death, doesn't it. Reading this book really made me think a lot about death. Could I forgo all that the world offers, close myself off forever within stone walls, and search for God while awaiting death under the same routine for decades? Happily married and middle aged (the Carthusians don't accept candidates older than 45), I know that the question is moot--but would I have been able to accept the life at 21? And am I ready now to look straight in death's face? How deep is my faith?If you have any interest at all in the Carthusians or in monasticism, you will want to read this book. It makes a nice companion to the recently released, splendid documentary on the Grande Chartreuse, INTO GREAT SILENCE.
I got this book a few days ago and read it through in a sitting. It is a chronicle of 5 young men who enter the carthusian order in England back in the early 1960's. We first meet each one as he prepares to ring the bell to the monastery to begin his postulancy. We are then taken through the years of novitiate and temporary vows. The question always is: who will leave and who will stay? The carthusian way of life is not for the faint of heart: It is intense, with lots and lots of solitude. There is plenty of room for petty annoyances to get blown out of proportion. My own personal favorite vignette/comment was the young man who thought he would never be able to learn the complex, atonal polyphonic chant -- only to discover that it was simply that the monks were offkey and not able to stay together in the singing. Personally, I found that charming. As to the nightmares -- Actually, I spent a few years in a monastic order in the mid-1960s, and have continued to dream of the monastery and the nuns at least every few months. However, no nightmares -- just friendly revisiting. I think it is such a focussed, intense life that it is absolutely formative and leaves a permanent stamp on a person. Generally, the stamp is a positive one. It helps keep things in perspective and certainly makes one a more compassionate person. I recommend this book highly. It is an honest, no holds barred, look at this life.
I actually read this while on a retreat at a Benedictine Monastery. I have spent time as a visitor in Benedictine and Trappist monasteries and am very familiar with their lives and the Rule of St. Benedict that is the foundational document for their lives. The Carthusians follow the Rule of St. Bruno and are, in many ways, less monastics and more hermits living in very rustic cells, separately, but under one roof. Their lives, by design, are very severe. One person referred to them once as the 'Navy Seals' of monks. A very small number of those who enter this life remain in it.In reading the book one begins to understand why so few people remain Carthusians. They live in very primitive conditions and the long period of being uncomfortable, often cold, and isolated from human contact is a long term calling very few people actually have. In following the lives of the five novices, the reader begins to get an understanding on their commitments, their passions, their difficulties, and how this journey impacted each of them. This religious order is truly made for very few and much of their life is hidden from view and is largely unknown. This particular book gives the reader a glimpse behind the scenes. One gains an appreciate for those who remain in the life as well as for those who had the courage to try it.
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