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Acedia & me : a marriage, monks, and a writer's life /

Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Norris, Kathleen, 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, 2008.
Subjects:
Acedia.
Melancholy > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Sadness > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Apathy > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Monastic and religious life.
Norris, Kathleen, > 1947-
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Summary:Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.
Physical Description:334 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [332]-334).
ISBN:9781594489969
1594489963