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Lingvo: English

Eldonita je 22-a de novembro 2022 de Kingsley Publishers.

ISBN:: 978-0-620-97113-3

(1 recenzo)

Copenhagen, 1840 – Fighting to reconcile his obligations with a quest for romance, the eccentric philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard, rushes through the cobbled streets, thrusting himself into the arms of Regine and a disastrous engagement.

Copenhagen, 1855 – Withering away in a hospital bed, Bitter and alone, Kierkegaard conjures up a preposterous scheme. A vendetta against the Bishop of Copenhagen, and a mission to save the future of love.

Copenhagen, now – Introvert Christian Kardahl, meets devout and mysterious Emma for the first time. Two days later, Christian comes across an old letter aimed to destroy a famous, eccentric philosopher. When a sudden murder is added to the mystery, the past has caught up. Christian and Emma are drawn into an involuntary quest that will make them question their belief in history and, unless they can sort out the puzzle, their faith and love will be forever doomed.

1 eldono

Stephanie Jane recenzis Moment of Faith de Martin Svaneborg

Deftly plotted

4 steloj

Søren Kierkegaard seems to be one of the most frequently referenced philosophers I encounter in other novels, but I don't think I had ever read more than brief quotes from his work until I started A Moment of Faith. Part of this novel is told through a series of letters from Kierkegaard to the love of his life, Regine Olsen. Sadly a doomed love affair, but the letters (which I think are genuine) provide wonderfully evocative insights into Kierkegaard's bewildering mind and also give Svaneborg's fictional adventure tale an authentic grounding.

A Moment of Faith is a religiously themed dual-timeline thriller which I very much enjoyed immersing myself in. Its narrator, appropriately named Christian has a dry sense of humour which often chimed with my own and I loved his italicised thoughts, shared only with us readers. The novel, while being very much its own story, does give nods to …

Søren Kierkegaard seems to be one of the most frequently referenced philosophers I encounter in other novels, but I don't think I had ever read more than brief quotes from his work until I started A Moment of Faith. Part of this novel is told through a series of letters from Kierkegaard to the love of his life, Regine Olsen. Sadly a doomed love affair, but the letters (which I think are genuine) provide wonderfully evocative insights into Kierkegaard's bewildering mind and also give Svaneborg's fictional adventure tale an authentic grounding.

A Moment of Faith is a religiously themed dual-timeline thriller which I very much enjoyed immersing myself in. Its narrator, appropriately named Christian has a dry sense of humour which often chimed with my own and I loved his italicised thoughts, shared only with us readers. The novel, while being very much its own story, does give nods to The Da Vinci Code and I think would appeal greatly to readers who appreciated that tale. The historic Sogade church makes for a beautifully enigmatic early location from which the breathtakingly paced adventure starts. Despite its fast pace, A Moment of Faith never felt rushed and the connections between each timeline were deftly plotted to give a really satisfying conclusion. I'm only not sure about the epilogue, but that aside, I was happily entertained by A Moment of Faith and am now keen to read its sequel when that book appears in due course.