{"product_id":"klein-maguire-nancy-an-infinity-of-little-hours-9781586484323","title":"An Infinity of Little Hours","description":"In 1960, five young men arrived at the imposing gates of Parkminster, the largest centre of the most rigorous and ascetic monastic order in the Western world: the Carthusians. This is the story of their five-year journey into a society virtually unchanged in its behaviour and lifestyle since its foundation in 1084. An Infinity of Little Hours is a uniquely intimate portrait of the customs and practices of a monastic order almost entirely unknown until now. It is also a drama of the men's struggle as they avoid the 1960s,the decade of hedonism, music, fashion, and amorality,and enter an entirely different era and a spiritual world of their own making. After five years each must face a choice: to make \"solemn profession\" and never leave Parkminster or to turn his back on his life's ambition to find God in solitude. A remarkable investigative work, the book combines first-hand testimony with unique source material to describe the Carthusian life. And in the final chapter, which recounts a reunion forty years after the events described elsewhere in the book, Nancy Klein Maguire reveals which of the five succeeded in their quest, and which did not.","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53923719709014,"sku":"9781586484323-V","price":9.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53908719534422,"sku":"9781586484323-G","price":8.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/klein-maguire-nancy-an-infinity-of-little-hours-9781586484323","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}