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Universal Father: A Life of Pope John
Paul II Binding: Hardcover 448
pages Price: RM79.90 Synopsis Karol Wojtyla's early life
experiences were of intense love and intense loss: born in Poland in 1920, he
was eight when his mother died, twelve when his older brother died of scarlet
fever in the hospital where he worked as a doctor, and twenty when his severe
but loving father died during the Nazi occupation. God and the Catholic Church
were from the beginning his consolation and strength. What is new and unusual
about this timely biography is the attention the author gives to the inner man.
Garry O'Connor has not only investigated Karol Wojtyla's life before he became
pope, his love of football, skiing and the outdoor life, his commitment to
acting, his friendships with men and with women, his experiences under German
then Soviet occupation, his nationalism, his early years as a priest, but has
also subtly analysed the pope's own poems, plays and philosophical works as
clues to what makes him tick. The result is a living portrait, vivid and
accessible, based on scrupulous research that dramatically tracks the personal
tragedies, including the assassination attempt in 1981, and the great public
confrontations on the world stage.
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