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<p><p>while Still A Teenager, Patrick Leigh Fermor Made His Way Across Europe, As Recounted In His Classic Memoirs, <i>a Time Of Gifts</i> And <i>between The Woods And The Water</i>. During World War Ii, He Fought With Local Partisans Against The Nazi Occupiers Of Crete. But In <i>a Time To Keep Silence</i>, Leigh Fermor Writes About A More Inward Journey, Describing His Several Sojourns In Some Of Europe&#8217;s Oldest And Most Venerable Monasteries. He Stays At The Abbey Of St. Wandrille, A Great Repository Of Art And Learning; At Solesmes, Famous For Its Revival Of Gregorian Chant; And At The Deeply Ascetic Trappist Monastery Of La Grande Trappe, Where Monks Take A Vow Of Silence. Finally, He Visits The Rock Monasteries Of Cappadocia, Hewn From The Stony Spires Of A Moonlike Landscape, Where He Seeks Some Trace Of The Life Of The Earliest Christian Anchorites.<p>more Than A History Or Travel Journal, However, This Beautiful Short Book Is A Meditation On The Meaning Of Silence And Solitude For Modern Life. Leigh Fermor Writes, &#8220;in The Seclusion Of A Cell&#8212;an Existence Whose Quietness Is Only Varied By The Silent Meals, The Solemnity Of Ritual, And Long Solitary Walks I

Who reads A Time to Keep Silence (New York Review Books Classics)?

Author

Patrick Leigh Fermor

Publisher

NYRB Classics

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590172445

Category

travel

Subjects

Memoir, Philosophy, Fiction

Rating

3.9 / 5 (765 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14