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Greenpoint author to read from new non-fiction book

October 15, 2014 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Tadeusz Chabrowski will speak about his new book at the Greenpoint Public Library on Oct. 18.
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Local Greenpoint poet Tadeusz Chabrowski has recently published “Shreds of a Monk’s Robe” (Bayberry Books), an epistolary, non-fiction book.

Chabrowski — who has published numerous of books of poetry in Polish — has this translation courtesy of Albert Juszcak, a scholar of the Polish language. The translation sheds light on an intimate moment that echoes the author’s adolescence.

The author will be reading from his novel at the Greenpoint Public Library (107 Norman Ave.) on Oct.18th from 1 to 3 p.m.

As the main character Martin studies and meditates, he writes to his family and loved ones weighing complex philosophical and theological issues. In one respect a coming of age story, the book takes place within the austere confines of a monastery with strict rules. The young monk deals with issues of adolescence, questions of piety and faith, and intense emotions within a critical time of his life.

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Chabrowski was born in Poland in 1934 and has lived in the U.S. since 1962. He was a Pauline monk for 16 years. A prolific poet with 18 published volumes, he is also a novelist. He studied theology and philosophy at Institute of St. Paul the First Anchorite in Cracow, Poland and philosophy at the Catholic University of Dublin, Ireland. He received his M.A. from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. Shortly after receiving Holy Orders in 1960 he was delegated to the Pauline Order’s American province in Doylestown. In 1967 he resigned from religious life and married.

Bayberry Books was founded in 2011 in Brooklyn, New York by Gabe Stuart and currently has several books for release in 2015.

 


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