The Adorations—A Novel in Double Time

Fiction & Literature, Historical, Literary
Cover of the book The Adorations—A Novel in Double Time by Roger Boylan, Olympiad Press
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Author: Roger Boylan ISBN: 9781475600032
Publisher: Olympiad Press Publication: July 18, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Roger Boylan
ISBN: 9781475600032
Publisher: Olympiad Press
Publication: July 18, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English

What moves the Archangel Michael to recruit Gustave Termi, a middle-aged professor in modern-day Geneva, into his legions of divine warriors? It's a total mystery to Gustave, who isn't even sure he believes in God, and is certainly no one's idea of a warrior. He tries psychoanalysis to clear up the visions. That doesn’t work, but a chance encounter with journalist Martine Jeanrenaud in the therapist’s waiting room changes his life. Martine, it turns out, has recently published the biography of an early 20th-century Austrian aristocrat, teacher, and mystic, Stefanie von Rothenberg, as unlikely a mystic as Gustave, who not only had steady visits from heaven and hell but equally steady earthly ones from a bizarre but tenacious swain named Adolf Hitler, whom she first met in Linz, Austria, in 1907….
 
Martine's book is reproduced in its entirety, and Gustave reads his way through it in chapters that alternate with his narrative in "double time," as each story follows its own time line.

Meanwhile, Gustave contends in his daily life with intensified interest from the Archangel, unwelcome scrutiny from his employers and other authorities, a growing concern that he's losing his mind, and a feeling that Stefanie's story is becoming his story, too.

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What moves the Archangel Michael to recruit Gustave Termi, a middle-aged professor in modern-day Geneva, into his legions of divine warriors? It's a total mystery to Gustave, who isn't even sure he believes in God, and is certainly no one's idea of a warrior. He tries psychoanalysis to clear up the visions. That doesn’t work, but a chance encounter with journalist Martine Jeanrenaud in the therapist’s waiting room changes his life. Martine, it turns out, has recently published the biography of an early 20th-century Austrian aristocrat, teacher, and mystic, Stefanie von Rothenberg, as unlikely a mystic as Gustave, who not only had steady visits from heaven and hell but equally steady earthly ones from a bizarre but tenacious swain named Adolf Hitler, whom she first met in Linz, Austria, in 1907….
 
Martine's book is reproduced in its entirety, and Gustave reads his way through it in chapters that alternate with his narrative in "double time," as each story follows its own time line.

Meanwhile, Gustave contends in his daily life with intensified interest from the Archangel, unwelcome scrutiny from his employers and other authorities, a growing concern that he's losing his mind, and a feeling that Stefanie's story is becoming his story, too.

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