{"product_id":"death-comes-for-the-cathedrals-hardcover","title":"Death Comes for the Cathedrals - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcel Proust\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Pepino\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003ePeter Kwasniewski\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e​\"Suppose for a moment that Catholicism had been dead for centuries, that the traditions of its worship had been lost. Only the unspeaking and forlorn cathedrals remain; they have become unintelligible yet remain admirable.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins Marcel Proust's \u003cem\u003eDeath Comes for the Cathedrals\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eLa mort des cathédrales\u003c\/em\u003e), originally published in \u003cem\u003eLe Figaro \u003c\/em\u003e(1904). Proust addresses the political and religious debate concerning the \"the Briand bill,\" a parliamentary proposal which imperiled the fate of French Cathedrals-\"the first and most perfect masterpieces\" of Gothic architecture. The great author of \u003cem\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/em\u003e gives prophetic voice to his own fear that \"France would be transformed into a shore where giant chiseled conches seemed to have run aground, emptied of the life that inhabited them and no longer bringing an attentive ear to the distant murmur of the past, simply museum objects, themselves frozen.\" As Proust makes plain, though the cathedrals of France and the traditional liturgy of the Roman rite are the spiritual inheritance of the Church, they are part of the patrimony of all humanity and, pending preservation, their loss would leave all the world impoverished. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This Wiseblood Books edition of \u003cem\u003eDeath Comes for the Cathedrals\u003c\/em\u003e includes an introduction by its translator, Dr. John Pepino, and an afterword by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, who wonders whether life may yet return to the cathedrals. Throughout, beautiful color images of Chartres and its architectural features grace the pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 52\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42097848844423,"sku":"9781951319687","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/88f228463daebb91579bcf10fd93cd5c.webp?v=1732356726","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/death-comes-for-the-cathedrals-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}