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The Cloister Walk

The Cloister Walk Hardcover - 1996

by Norris, Kathleen

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first

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New York: Riverhead Books, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale brown boards with tan cloth spine, gilt titles, xv, 384 pp. A few pencilled tick marks in the table of contents, otherwise fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Norris reflects on monastic life, the rule of St. Benedict, and its relevance to modern life, informed in part by her residencies a St. John's Abbey and University in Collegeville, MN. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.
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Details

  • Title The Cloister Walk
  • Author Norris, Kathleen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Riverhead Books, New York
  • Date 1996
  • Bookseller's Inventory # RLCA00034
  • ISBN 9781573220286 / 1573220280
  • Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.59 x 5.85 x 1.34 in (21.82 x 14.86 x 3.40 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96000863
  • Dewey Decimal Code 255

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Summary

A New York Times bestseller for 23 weeksA New York Times Notable Book of the Year"A strange and beautiful book...Part memoir, part meditation, it is a remarkable piece of writing." -The Boston Globe"The Cloister Walk is a new opportunity to discover a remarkable writer with a huge, wise heart...Norris resonates deeply for a lot of people: She's one of those writers who demands to be handed around. You want to share this great discovery, giving her work as a gift3/4or you simply shove a copy in the face of a friend, saying 'Read this.'" -Minneapolis Star-Tribune

From the publisher

Kathleen Norris is the award-winning, bestselling author of Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith; The Cloister Walk; and Dakota: A Spiritual Geography. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, in various anthologies, and in her own three volumes of poetry. She divides her time between South Dakota and Hawaii.

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