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Another look at what goes on behind the scenes of a papal election. Interesting storyline with a sympathetic cardinal.
What began as a trilogy based on Catholics and Cardinals and the Vatican became a tetralogy with the publishing of this book - "Eminence." In Eminence we learn of a young priest who is tortured in Argentina by the military, is rescued back to Rome where he lives in exile, and eventually is made a Cardinal Priest by his patron the aging Pope. When that Pope later passes away, the young Cardinal must make his own way through all the intrigue and politics of the Vatican See on his own. As in the ot...
Que Morris West es un genio no es algo que voy a descubrir yo ahora, es un hecho consumado que se confirma en cada nueva lectura... y que esta novela roza el concepto de "obra maestra", me caben pocas dudas.Una historia inimaginable cuando la concibió, y que el tiempo demostró no ser tan "loca", pero más allá de eso, es una novela ágil, EXCELENTEMENTE documentada. Habla de hechos históricos MUY recientes de mi país con una contundencia y una veracidad que no encontré otros escritores extranjeros...
Un libro en suma impresionante, que sumerge al lector de principio a fin en la anciada aventura del cardenal Luca Rossini, en quien la visión profética de Morris West, convierte en el primer Papa argentino, o algo así. Un libro obligado para todo aquel que guste de las historias donde se maneja el poder, un libro sin precendetes, ampliamente recomendado.
Não tinha lido esse livro. Acho que o único do Morris West que não li, na época. Ótimo escritor.
Господи, три пъти проверявах дали авторът наистина е мъж Rolling Eyes - звучи като розов роман и то от най-сълзливите. За повече "драматичност" му е добавен лекия привкус на религиозно-папската интрига. Чак ме е яд, че изгубих цял ден за тази блудкава история.Диалозите бяха просто отчайващи в своята нелепост.
This was well written & read, but I just couldn't work up any empathy for the characters. They're Catholics & most of the story hinges on their beliefs, which are also warring with reality in the form of modern medicine. If the Pope is the God's voice on Terra, what happens if he's a mindless vege? Of course, that tossed a monkey wrench into their laws & politics, but the more they struggled with their religious beliefs, the more ludicrous the whole plot became. The enormity of their egos & thei...
This was my second read after about 12 years. As I got into I remembered more and more of the plot, but it wasn't until the last couple of chapters that I find overwhelming waves of emotion sweep over me. A man (the hero has for more talents than I) undergoes a severe jolt to his live and very sense of being (me too though not so dramatic a jolt) so far me the story read so much more than a man coming to grips with loss and his place in his church culture, it was very much resonance of my own de...
Excellent, it follows historical and religious traditions. Easy to read and interesting book. Follows Morris L West style. La version an espanol muy buena.To read it many years after it was written can be applied to modern times and the present situation of the Church
I enjoyed the storyline, however found some of the language was difficult to understand, and I ended up looking up words in the dictionary ...
I knew right away Luisa's paternity, long before the scene of it emerged. Predictability is a comfort in Morris West's novels, rather than an annoyance as it would be with lesser novels.That's not to say that Morris West's works are predictable, but rather than he writes with such strength, such conviction, such felicity of characterization and leaves room enough for readers to debate many facets of his characters and about the Vatican itself that we'll follow him anywhere. Time spent with his n...
Eminence starts off very promisingly with hints of suspense but eventually drags into meaningless blabbering. The story is about a priest who was tortured in Argentina, under the oppressive military regime and now holds an important post besides the Pope. The workings of the Church are described well in this book, hence the 1 star. The story leads to no where, with the book full of boring and dull conversations and a wide range of characters whom you cannot remember."This book is absolutely not
Eminence by Australian author Morris West was a heavily researched book by a man who spent a lot of time in Rome and intimately knew the inner workings including the politics of the Vatican. When I bought this book in London in 1999, I did not realize that it was part of a series, namely The Vatican. There are four books making up the series, this being the fourth. However, now I feel compelled to read the first three books beginning with the inconic The Shoes of the Fisherman having sold millio...
Morris West é daqueles autores que só li depois de ter visto a adaptação cinematográfica de um dos seus livros, no seu caso foi "As Sandálias do Pescador", um livro que me agradou muito e que acabou por envolver West com uma áurea de "visionário" ao prever no seu livro a eleição de um Papa vindo do antigo Bloco do Leste.Neste livro West volta de certo modo a actualidade da Igreja. Um livro escrito em 1998, o autor volta a actualidade e descreve a Igreja após um longo pontificado, tal como foi o
Como ciudadana argentina recibí con gran agrado el anuncio que nombraba a Jorge Mario Bergoglio como nuevo Papa de la Iglesia Católica, jefe de Estado de la Ciudad del Vaticano, obispo de Roma, vicario de Cristo, y muchos otros títulos más. Bergoglio dejó de ser un religioso jesuita argentino para ser Su Santidad el Papa Francisco. Esta celebración ha removido fuertemente muchas creencias, bandos políticos y rumores, entre ellos, los que vinculaba a Bergoglio con algunas personalidades oscuras
Ha sido una sorpresa 🤔 había leído con anterioridad al autor, y reconozco que la creación de personajes se le da muy bien, pero no me había enganchado tanto con sus tramas principales.Aquí, aparte del gran desarrollo que le da a su protagonista, Luca Rossini, sabe crear una trama de intrigas, en un lugar que es bastante recocido por estas, El Vaticano. Puede que a muchos no les llame la atención por el contexto en el que sucede todo, pero el devenir de sus personajes merece mucho una lectura, ha...
Interessei-me pela obra por causa do excelente filme "As sandálias do pescador" baseado em uma obra anterior do autor ( não tive oportunidade de ler o livro). O filme de 1968 teve um tom profético ao relatar a eleição de um papa não italiano depois de séculos, além disso acertou que este seria do leste europeu e teria que lidar com as tensões entre a URSS e os EUA durante a Guerra Fria. Teria o autor previsto o futuro novamente com um papa argentino?Este livro de 1998 tem como protagonista um ca...
-No soy una persona que lee este tipo de libros, (ya que no llaman mucho mi atención), esta vez decidí hacerlo y la verdad debo admitir que me ha gustado, ya que es una historia que mezcla distintos aspectos: como por ejemplo la dictadura que azoto a la Argentina, amores prohibidos, la lucha de Poderes dentro de las instituciones sacros, entre otros. -La narrativa es excelente ya que logra meterte de lleno en la historia, y los personajes están muy bien desarrollados. -Lo recomendaría.
Still reading this, but it is so much better than I expected, I know I will reread this many times. It calls to me as a psychological thriller that allows me to connect and perhaps identify but in a way that also allows me to imagine I am connecting across many strangenesses that matter.I find it profoundly moving and intellectually compelling and as a story, one that seems to be something I already know and care about, when how could that be?Perhaps that is why it so powerful. It kept me compan...
This is a cracking and believable tale with a strong central character. However, the intrigues of the Vatican machine are really the most interesting part of the story. Whatever your view of organised religion is, I suspect that most major religions work the same way and have the same problems. I have not read Morris West before but I will certainly read him again. I found him to be a consummate story teller.