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The Sacrament

A Novel

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A psychological thriller that "feels at first like a classic study in Scandi noir. . . . But something more tender and ephemeral lurks beneath" (Entertainment Weekly).

A young nun is sent by the Vatican to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland. During her time there, on a gray winter's day, a young student at the school watches the school's headmaster, Father August Franz, fall to his death from the church tower.

Two decades later, the child-now a grown man, haunted by the past-calls the nun back to the scene of the crime. Seeking peace and calm in her twilight years at a convent in France, she has no choice to make a trip to Iceland again, a trip that brings her former visit, as well as her years as a young woman in Paris, powerfully and sometimes painfully to life.

In The Sacrament, critically acclaimed novelist Olaf Olafsson looks deeply at the complexity of our past lives and selves; the faulty nature of memory; and the indelible mark left by the joys and traumas of youth.

"The novel confounds our expectations, sifting through memory, as it evolves into a low-simmering psychological thriller." - Library Journal

"[A] gripping, masterfully constructed story toward redemption and justice." - Booklist

"Emotionally gratifying and spiritually challenging-a compelling novel that grabs the reader's psyche and won't let go." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"A mesmerizing and powerful look at abuse in the Catholic Church . . . an astounding dénouement. . . . This is an incisive novel." - Publishers Weekly

"Olafsson's sparse, unadorned language intensifies an understanding that this story is indirectly about those who are voiceless . . . wonderful, empathic." - New York Times Book Review

Produktdetails

Erscheinungsdatum
27. Februar 2024
Sprache
englisch
Seitenanzahl
273
Dateigröße
1,27 MB
Autor/Autorin
Olaf Olafsson
Verlag/Hersteller
Kopierschutz
mit Wasserzeichen versehen
Produktart
EBOOK
Dateiformat
EPUB
ISBN
9780062899897

Portrait

Olaf Olafsson

Olaf Olafsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1962. He studied physics as a Wien scholar at Brandeis University. He is the author of six previous novels, The Journey Home, Absolution, Walking into the Night, Restoration, One Station Away, and The Sacrament, and a story collection, Valentines. He spends his time in New York City, Sag Harbor, and Reykjavik.


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