Summerhills
Reading a novel in which virtue is what stands out is a relief. It is not easy to write about goodness in an appealing way, but Dorothy Emily Stevenson (1892–1973) succeeds admirably through this story...
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Fatherless
Fatherless is reductionist: the novel reduces Christianity to sexual morality and the pro-life cause, however important these may be. In so doing, and in seeking to interpret, for example, the thought of St...
When the Cherry Trees Bloosomed
The book presents several testimonies that share the common link of being related to the evangelizing work of Opus Dei in Japan. The testimonies are very diverse, allowing the book to offer a captivating...
A Work of Art
The young Phyllida, with two different eyes, is left alone after the death of her grandfather, who protected her. She is taken in by an uncle, a man who cares only about increasing his wealth, and he tries...
All Creatures Great and Small
The author, a veterinarian and writer, tells the story of a young veterinarian who, upon completing his degree, receives an offer from a veterinarian established in Yorkshire. Upon arrival, there is no...
Jesus in Disneyland: Religion in Postmodern Times
It is a brief essay with a combative tone that delves directly into one of the most visible—and at the same time most confusing—phenomena of the present: the transformation of Christianity into a light...
Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell came to fight in Spain convinced that fascism was the great enemy at that historical moment (and convinced that what he was fighting in Spain was fascism). He recounts his experiences in a...
Chiara Corbella Petrillo: A Witness to Joy
Chiara is a young Italian woman who lives happily. Shortly after finishing college, she meets Enrico on a pilgrimage, and together they decide to start a family. Chiara was 24 years old when they got...
Faithful Ruslan
The author was born in Ukraine in 1931. He wrote this novel years before being able to publish it in Germany, in 1974. In the USSR it was published during the Gorbachev era. He used the pseudonym Vladimov...
How Rome Fell
Around the year 200 AD, the Roman Empire was an invincible superpower. But by the end of the 5th century, Rome had been subjugated by successive barbarian invasions and the last emperor was deposed. The...