by Henry Quinson · Nouvelle Cité · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782853135467
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«Moine des Cités» is the autobiographical account by Henry Quinson, published by Nouvelle Cité in paperback (221 pages, in French).
Quinson, a young Franco-American banker, leaves Wall Street to enter a Cistercian monastery in Savoy and ends up founding a small fraternity in the northern districts of Marseille. The book describes his spiritual quest, inspired by the monks of Tibhirine, and the encounters between rich and poor, Christians and Muslims, believers and non-believers that transform his view of the world and of God.
The edition belongs to the «Récit» collection. The cover indicates 50,000 copies and the 2009 Prix de Littérature Religieuse.
For readers interested in religious testimonies, monastic vocation and life in the peripheral districts of Marseille.
