Sam's Fall

by Richard Kearney

Die Suche nach dem Geheimnis der verlorenen Universalsprache führt den jungen irischen Mönch Sam Toland in Klöster und Bibliotheken Süddeutschlands und der Schweiz. Auf diesen Reisen lernt er auch die Freundin seines Zwillingsbruders Jack kennen / die schöne Schweizer Fotografin Raphaëlle. Wegen ihr kommt es zu einer tödlichen Rivalität zwischen den beiden Brüdern.

228 pages, Paperback

First published April 8, 1997

About the author

Richard Kearney is the Charles Seelig professor of philosophy at Boston College and has taught at many universities including University College Dublin, the Sorbonne, and the University of Nice.

He studied at Glenstal Abbey under the Benedictines until 1972, and was a 1st Class Honours graduate in Philosophy in the Bachelor of Arts graduate class of 1975 in UCD. He completed an M.A. at McGill University with Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor, and a PhD with Paul Ricœur at University of Paris X: Nanterre. He corresponded with Jean-Paul Sartre, Jacques Derrida and other French philosophers of the era. He was also active in the Irish, British, and French media as a host for various television and radio programs on literary and philosophical themes. His work focuses on the philosophy of the narrative imagination, hermeneutics and phenomenology.

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book. The beginning was uncomfortable just in the subject matter, but I enjoyed it more and more as I continued to read. By the time I got to the end I wanted more. This book has me thinking and asking a lot of questions.

[Derek Bridge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many-layered: journey of discovery upon journey of discovery; and falls, both literal, emotional and spiritual. Some of the symbolism is too clever for me, although, equally, some of it is spread quite thick too!