Seminary Boy: A Memoir
by John Cornwell
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Author: John CornwellEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-18
ISBN: 0385514875
Number of pages: 334
Publisher: Image
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- ISBN13: 9780385514873
- Condition: New
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Summary: 2 Stars
Writing about events and people not well known to the reader is always a task that proves itself to be difficult. The reader's interest has to be hooked, which is rendered even more intricate if the events are mundane and the characters are totally unknown to the reader. That is the difficulty that John Cornwell bravely faces. Unfortunately he doesn't emerge successful.
The writing is simple and easy to read with some striking imagery (the reader can visualize life in post-WWII London and England). The description of life in a seminary is also exhaustive and evocative. The author deftly describes infatuations with members of the same and opposite sex as he grapples with his boyhood awakening of sexuality. The portrayal of the boy's confusion as he is given divergent advices from different `fathers' at the Seminary.
However, for the reader the question that remains convincingly unanswered is `why did he join the priesthood?'
The book is written too chronologically which appears to be a weakness but given that the reader doesn't know much about the places and characters, that is the only course of option left to the author. But that makes the book difficult to wade through.
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