Lewi's Journey

by Enquist, Per Olov

• ISBN13: 9781585673414
• ISBN10: 1585673412
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-03
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

Lewi Pethrus, a humble preacher and unsuccessful writer, and Sven Lidman, a bohemian poet haunted by his failed marriage, lead the Swedish Pentecostal movement from a crumbling renegade congregation to the third largest religious community in Christendom but become bitter enemies during World War II. By the author of The Royal Physician's Visit. 15,000 first printing.

Table of Contents

PROLOGUE: GOD'S ACRE	7	(32)
BOOK I: MARCH 1901 JULY 1910
1. The Proletarian Writer	39	(19)
2. The Poet	58	(14)
3. Azusa Street	72	(23)
4. The Droplet in the Sea of Women	95	(28)
5. Grains of Manna	123	(6)
BOOK II: AUGUST 1910-JUNE 1921
6. The Seers	129	(9)
7. The Lice King	138	(13)
8. The Lovers	151	(15)
9. The Children of Abraham	166	(20)
10. A House of His Own	186	(8)
11. The Most Wonderful Fellowship	194	(11)
12. The Sea ofWomen	205	(21)
13: Meeting at God's Acre	226	(15)
BOOK III: JUNE 1921-OCTOBER 1930
14. Uppsalagatan 11	241	(13)
15. The Phosphorescent Cross	254	(10)
16. A Man by the Name of Franklin	264	(45)
BOOK IV: NOVEMBER 1930-FEBRUARY 1941
17. Meister Eckhart's Student	309	(15)
18. The Battle for the Minds	324	(18)
19. Modernity	342	(14)
20. The Suitcase	356	(17)
BOOK V: FEBRUARY 1941-OCTOBER 1948
21. The Preacher's Progress	373	(27)
22. The Battle at Mal-Ola's Grotto	400	(38)
23. The Traveling Companion	438	(20)
EPILOGUE	458