Kathryn Hulme - The Nun's Story / Кэтрин Халм - История монахини. / Серия: Non-Fictijn; Cardinal Giant (GC-54). / Издательство: Pocket Books Inc. New York. / Книга на английском языке.

Kathryn Hulme - The Nun's Story / Кэтрин Халм - История монахини.

Книга на английском языке.

Серия: Non-Fictijn, Cardinal Giant (GC-54).

Издательство: Pocket Books Inc. New York. 1959. 314 с. Мягкий переплет. Формат:110x160.

Состояние: Очень хорошее.

You know, it's funny - without a doubt, I would choose to live a bohemian lifestyle of great food, great sex and romance and lots of adventure any day of the week, and yet there is something about the cloistered life of a nun that I find endlessly compelling. Maybe it's just the mystery of the unknown, though there is something admirable in the sheer devotion of such women. The Nun's Story by Kathryn Hulme is the slightly fictionalized but mostly true story of one such nun. In the story, her name was Gabrielle (Gaby) Van der Mal, a Belgian woman who joins a convent after a failed romance. In reality, her name was Marie Louise Habets and she was actually a close friend of Hulme. In fact, they lived together openly as a couple for 40 years, primarily on the Hawaiian island of Kuai, and Habets was with Hulme on Hulme's deathbed in 1981 (Habets died five years later). The two met in 1945 during WW2 when both worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, a group who helped find new homes for refugees displaced by the war. The lead character of the book, Sister Luke (pre-convent name Gabrielle Van Der Mal), finds her faith tested in Africa where she finds herself at odds with headstrong Dr. Fortunati, operator of a remote Congo hospital, with whom she gradually builds respect, and again during World War II, when she is ordered not to take sides. Ultimately, Sister Luke is forced to decide whether to remain in the convent or return to the outside world. Gabrielle/Sister Luke is stretched between her desire to be faithful to the rule of her congregation and her desire to be a nurse. As a nun she must remove all vestiges of "Gabrielle Van Der Mal" and sublimate herself into the devoted bride of Christ. As a nun there is no room for her personal desires and aspirations. Ultimately, the conflict between her devotion to the Church and the nursing profession, juxtaposed with her passionate Belgian patriotism and her love of her father (killed by Nazi fighter planes while treating wounded) bring her to an impasse, which serves as the dénouement of the novel.

Главная героиня книги, сестра Люк (имя до монастыря Габриэль Ван Дер Мал), обнаруживает, что ее вера подверглась испытанию в Африке, где она обнаруживает разногласия с упрямым доктором Фортунати, оператором удаленной больницы в Бельгийском Конго, с которым она постепенно вызывает уважение, и снова во время Второй мировой войны, когда ей приказывают не принимать чью-либо сторону. В конце концов, сестра Люк вынуждена решить, остаться ли ей в монастыре или вернуться во внешний мир. Габриель / сестра Люк колеблется между своим желанием быть верной правилам своего собрания и своим желанием быть медсестрой. Как монахиня, она должна удалить все остатки «Габриэль ван дер Мал» и сублимировать себя в преданную невесту Христа. Как монахиня, нет места ее личным желаниям и стремлениям...