Brytyjskie wydanie książki „Bramy raju” Jerzego Andrzejewskiego. Z polskiego przełożył James Kirkup.
Książka o dziecięcej krucjacie 1212 roku.
Nota wydawnicza:
A hallucinatory story of the Childreii’s Crusade undet whose banner a great procession of boys and girls set off for the Holy Land to liberate it from the Infidel. As they go, they confess their „sins” to an elderly cleric who marches with them, and as they recount their sorrowful lives he gradually comprehends why each of them has joined the crusade. The one thing their reasons have in common is that they all arise from love — not, as one might expect, the spiritual love that a crusade should inspire, but human, physical love. The lives of these touching, defenceless, passionate children are depicted with savage clarity. Innocent and depraved alike are cut off from all guidance and protection, except that of the appalled priest; and the result of the only guid-ance he can offer is described in the climactic final pages with dreadful force.
- Full of dark, crystalline colour and movement — this is an extraordinary achievement – Daily Telegraph
- The relentless progress of the story involves the reader inescapably – Vogue
- A passionately imaginative story about love, idealism, courage and innocence – The Catholic Herald
- It is rare to find a book of such compelling quality – Times Literary Supplement
- No end to the story is offered, or even suggested: yet its force and beauty give it a completeness to which nothing need be added – Books and Bookmen
Format 11×18 cm, stron 124, miękka okładka.
Stan dobry (niewielkie otarcia i przebarwienia okładki).
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