Synopses & Reviews
In the tradition of Flannery O'Connor and John Updike, this powerful series of fifteen new and selected short stories by Lawrence Dorr communicates deep lessons born of trying life experiences. Representing the best in contemporary fiction, these stylistically and thematically rich stories follow a central character through episodes reflecting Dorr's own eventful life in Eastern Europe: his childhood in Hungary; war-time experiences on the Russian front; hardship and poverty; the death of family and friends. With an unspoken depth of feeling and a clear, mature voice, Dorr writes of refugees and survivors, and the social, cultural, and religious chasms that strand them. The book's title story, as an example, follows Door's protagonist through Salzburg, Austria, as he struggles for survival after the closing days of World War II. Each of these stories has its own plot, but the book as a whole offers a subtle, poignant story line that underscores the character's deepening sense of life's meaning and grace. Dorr's literary odyssey is another Pilgrim's Progress -- from trails and anguish come understanding and new discoveries. While war and pain bring loss -- of friends, of family, of faith, of God -- slowly a new life, a new faith, and a new love emerges, and with them a deep peace. As gripping to read as it is moving, A Bearer of Divine Revelation will speak to readers at every stage and station in life.
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This powerful series of stories reflects episodes in Lawrence Dorr's own eventful life: his childhood in Hungary; war-time experiences on the Russian front; hardship and poverty; the death of family and friends. Through the stories comes understanding, and a sharing in the author's own discoveries. War and pain brought the agony of loss -- of faith, of God, of family and friends. Slowly, painfully, a new life, a new faith, a new love emerge: and with them deep peace.
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With a spare eloquence reminiscent of Hemingway and an insistence on divine grace even in the darkest circumstances, Lawrence Dorr writes short stories as powerful as they are profound.
The fifteen new and selected stories here, stylistically and substantively rich, follow a central character through episodes reflecting Dorr's own eventful life: his childhood in Hungary; wartime experiences on the Russian front; hardship and poverty; the death of family and friends. With a subtle depth of feeling and a clear, mature voice, Dorr writes of refugees and survivors, and of the social, cultural, and religious chasms that separate them. The book's title story, as an example, follows Dorr's protagonist through Salzburg, Austria, as he struggles to survive both physically and spiritually in the aftermath of World War II.
Each of these stories has its own plot, but the book as a whole offers a subtle yet powerful story line that underscores the protagonist's deepening sense of life's meaning and grace. Dorr's literary odyssey is a pilgrim's progress: from trials and anguish come hard-won understanding and hope. While war and pain bring loss -- of friends, of family, of faith, of God -- slowly a new life, a new faith, and a new love emerge, and with them a deep peace.
Synopsis
Lawrence Dorr offers fifteen episodes that reflect Dorr's own eventful life: his childhood in Hungary; wartime experiences on the Russian front; hardship and poverty; the death of family and friends.