The Gardens Of The Lord
Independently published
ISBN13:
9781074570989
$11.57
Historical novel, in which a linear character sews a three-generation plot, going from the late 19th century to the mid-sixties. A black Baptist Pastor in a fictional village in North Carolina, whose life has been told since from his African ancestry to his deathbed, including his passion for music and interaction with black musicians; the daily life of his parish involving racial segregation, sexual abuse and pedophilia; a wife who dies as a result of poor care in a racist hospital; his struggle to raise the child without the mother; his friendship and (fictitious) encounters with pastor Adam Daniel Williams and Pastor King (grandfather and father of Martin Luther King, Jr.); their participation in the struggle for civil rights; his friendship with Theodore, a white, singular, and benevolent Catholic priest, with whom he plays chess weekly, while building togheter, from the gardens of their respective churches, a lasting peace for the social and racial conflicts of the region (hook for the name of the book)...
- | Author: Marcos Giansante
- | Publisher: Independently published
- | Publication Date: Jun 17, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 198 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1074570987
- | ISBN-13: 9781074570989
- Author:
- Marcos Giansante
- Publisher:
- Independently published
- Publication Date:
- Jun 17, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 198 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1074570987
- ISBN-13:
- 9781074570989