by Jan Dobraczynski · Ediciones Palabra, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788490614808
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The Shadow of the Father is a historical novel by Jan Dobraczynski that narrates the life of Saint Joseph of Nazareth. The author recreates not only the life of the Holy Patriarch, but also the environment in which he developed, including the difficulties of the family environment, the climate of tension in anticipation of the Messiah, and the political intrigues of the court of Herod the Great. Dobraczynski uses scriptural sources and the vast literary material of the time to construct this fictionalized story.
Jan Dobraczyński was a Polish writer, novelist, politician and Catholic publicist. In the Second Polish Republic between the two world wars, he was a supporter of the National Party and Catholic movements. During the 1939 Nazi–Soviet invasion of Poland, he was a soldier of the Polish Army and member of Armia Krajowa until the end of World War II. Dobraczyński participated in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. After the war he supported the Polish communists. He was a member of parliament Sejms, as activist of the PAX Association and of the Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth from 1982 to 1985. He held the rank of general in the Polish military.
