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| Original Title: | Father Elijah: An Apocalypse |
| ISBN: | 0898706904 (ISBN13: 9780898706901) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Children of the Last Days #4 |
Michael D. O'Brien
Paperback | Pages: 597 pages Rating: 4.37 | 2570 Users | 253 Reviews
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| Title | : | Father Elijah: An Apocalypse (Children of the Last Days #4) |
| Author | : | Michael D. O'Brien |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 597 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 1997 by Ignatius Press (first published 1996) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Christianity. Catholic |
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Michael O'Brien presents a thrilling apocalyptic novel about the condition of the Roman Catholic Church at the end of time. It explores the state of the modern world, and the strengths and weaknesses of the contemporary religious scene, by taking his central character, Father Elijah Schafer, a Carmelite priest, on a secret mission for the Vatican which embroils him in a series of crises and subterfuges affecting the ultimate destiny of the Church.Father Elijah is a convert from Judaism, a survivor of the Holocaust, a man once powerful in Israel. For twenty years he has been buried in the dark night of Carmel on the mountain of the prophet Elijah. The Pope and the Cardinal Secretary of State call him out of obscurity and give him a task of the highest sensitivity: to penetrate into the inner circles of a man whom they believe may be the Antichrist. Their purpose: to call the Man of Sin to repentance, and thus to postpone the great tribulation long enough to preach the Gospel to the whole world.In this richly textured tale, Father Elijah crosses Europe and the Middle East, moves through the echelons of world power, meets saints and sinners, presidents, judges, mystics, embattled Catholic journalists, faithful priests and a conspiracy of traitors within the very House of God. This is an apocalypse in the old literary sense, but one that was written in the light of Christian revelation.Rating Of Books Father Elijah: An Apocalypse (Children of the Last Days #4)
Ratings: 4.37 From 2570 Users | 253 ReviewsPiece Of Books Father Elijah: An Apocalypse (Children of the Last Days #4)
gripping. i will remember this book on my deathbed. wish i hadn't waited so long to read it. and now I have to buy strangers and sojourners again (for some reason it bored me to death years ago when i tried to read it) along with the rest of the series. so much in this book. family, love, friendship, loss, spiritual warfare, answers to non believers' questions, the strange ways we meet each other and become part of each other's lives, etc. not as depressing as Lord of the World.It lacks style: a story in direct order, full of dialogues (Nabokov said that the humblest readers "likes books in dialogue form with a minimum of 'descriptions' because conversations are 'life'"), with mostly obvious choice of words.But the chapter on the confession of the old man is worth the whole book - which is quite long, but, due to the constant dialogues and fast action, very easily read.Besides that, it is a clear distopia of a world taken by the liberals and progressists, to which we
Loved the story. Wish I had known this was the last novel of the series as I would have read others first; should have checked. It was the freebie on Formed.org. Not my favorite genre, but there was so much else to appreciate that it did not matter. (view spoiler)[The visit to the Virgins tomb at the end gave me goosebumps. (hide spoiler)]
A great reflection on the Book of Revelation, but the "thriller" parts of the story are unbearably clunky, and the other two books in the series I've read, Stranger and Sojournerd and Eclipse of the Sun are worse in this regard. O'Brien is a brilliant storyteller but he should stick to slow-moving relationship plots (as he does wonderfully in Strangers and Sojourners) and steer clear of writing about car chases, tunnels under Vatican buildings, and black helicopters.
The Canadian author Michael D. O'Brien is probably one of the best kept secrets in contemporary literature. This is quite a little book -- I did not devour it quite as avidly as The Father's Tale, and it's a little talky at points. Unlike TFT, which is firmly in the Russian tradition, this novel seems to gravitate more to Chesterton or Graham Greene's influence, where O'Brien is not his strongest; nevertheless, the artistry, spiritual insight, and characters of this novel are unforgettable, and
This has an ending a bit like the movie "No Country for Old Men", so be warned. I've never read anything quite like this, and I liked it a lot. It is, as advertised, an Apocalypse, and it's pretty thoroughly biblical, but not preachy, even though it contains preaching. This story is soaked in Catholicism without any triumphalism and is epic and historic in scope. It involves a conspiracy at the Vatican, a noble Pope, and a charming and popular antichrist. Although names aren't used, JP2 and
This book tells the story of a Catholic monk who is called from the quiet of his monastic life to aid the Church(and the world) in the final days. There is intrigue and mystery involving the Vatican and a world leader who is the Antichrist. I finished reading this novel well over a month ago but haven't reviewed it at all because I just didn't know how to articulate my disappointment. Unfortunately, I still don't exactly know how to explain my distaste for this book especially in the face of so
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