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Original Title:	Das Schweißtuch der Veronika
ISBN:	0404039464 (ISBN13: 9780404039462)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Das Schweißtuch der Veronika #1

The Veil Of Veronica (Das Schweißtuch der Veronika #1)

Gertrud von le Fort

Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages

Rating: 4.05 | 19 Users | 3 Reviews

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Title	:	The Veil Of Veronica (Das Schweißtuch der Veronika #1)
Author	:	Gertrud von le Fort
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	by AMS Press (first published 1928)
Categories	:	Christianity. Catholic. Spirituality

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This is a beautifully written book about faith. Although written in the 1930's it is still just as relevant as it was then. Veronica is being brought up by her Aunt Edelgart at the request of her dying sister, Veronica's father complies with the request with the understanding that Edelgart does not try to impress her Catholic faith upon the child. Also living in the beautiful apartment in Rome are Veronica's grandmother, an unbeliever and Edelgart's dear friend Jannette a devout Catholic and governess to Veronica. The relationships between Edelgart, her sister and Veronica's father are complicated as the father first loved Edelgart, but being unable to come to terms with her strong faith, leaves her and marries her sister. There remains a lot of resentment on the part of all threeas the sister resents her husband and Edelgart because she knows that he never really loved her as much as Edlegart. Veronica's father is bitter and blames the Catholic faith for the loss of his love.
The author understands so well the gift of faith. She relates the story almost as if it is a ballet with complicated choreography, the characters searching for faith, finding it, losing it, longing for it and then rejecting it only to be bereft at its loss.
It gave me so much to think about. As a 'cradle Catholic' I did not have the struggle to find my faith it was a gift at birth. However I have often envied the person who has that wonderful 'road to Damascus' moment when they realise that they believe! This, I know, is an ungrateful thought as I have had the gift all my life and have not had to go through all the difficulties of maybe changing faith or having a family who object to my new belief. Having seen the joy of someone who is newly converted and watching their zealous practice of their shining new faith, makes my own faith feel a little 'dusty' or taken for granted, my own fault. The feeling that one has plodded along for over 60 years without recognition (except by Him, unseen), keeping the rules, can briefly cause a longing for that burst of revelatory joy. I then feel ashamed of my ingratitude at having always had this great gift. So much to think about!
The descriptions of the wonderful monuments and beautiful churches in Rome awoke in me such curiosity that I had to take to Google and look at the blue start studded ceiling of the Basilica of Maria sopra Minerva. It has a beautiful Bernini elephant statue topped by an obelisk outside. Also described in detail is the Basilica di san Clement. There are flights of steps going down from the sacristy into an ancient temple to Mithras. Von Fort talks of the beautiful frescos and crucifix at the ruins of Santa Maria Antiqua. She says that since the grandmother arrived in Rome they have faded and grandmother hopes that one day they will be preserved, maybe by glass, or they will disappear. I have never had the good fortune to visit Rome but the author describes the old streets where you could walk, in those days, and pick up pieces of roman ruins covered in ivy and grass.
This book, as you can probably tell gave me much to think on and taught me a great deal about Rome. I loved it, although a little old fashioned I found that part of the charm.

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Hermoso relato de la búsqueda en la vida de una joven. Hermosa descripción como trasfondo de Roma.

This is my favorite book. I don't think there will be another book out there that will hit me like this one did. I read The Veil of Veronica at a time in my life that mirrored my spiritual journey. After reading many non-fiction theology books this year and last, I have been craving a fiction that brings the spiritual battles we face daily with the throes of life. This book delivered. I rented it from the library. This is the first book that I want to purchase and read again and again each year.

Gertrud von Le Fort was a German writer of novels, poems, and essays. She came from a Protestant background, but converted to Catholicism in 1926. Most of Gertrud's writings come after this conversion. In 1952 she won the Gottfried-Keller-Preis award.Her novella Die Letzte am Schafott (The Last on the Scaffold) was the original basis for the opera Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc.This is my favorite book. I don't think there will be another book out there that will hit me like this one did. I read The Veil of Veronica at a time in my life that mirrored my spiritual journey. After reading many non-fiction theology books this year and last, I have been craving a fiction that brings the spiritual battles we face daily with the throes of life. This book delivered. I rented it from the library. This is the first book that I want to purchase and read again and again each year.