Leonard Seet
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| Title | : | Meditation on Space-Time |
| Author | : | Leonard Seet |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 236 pages |
| Published | : | November 2012 by Excelsior Publishing (first published September 24th 2012) |
| Categories | : | Philosophy. Fiction. Literature |
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“Meditation on Space-Time is a strong pick for those seeking a metaphysical twist… with plenty of humor about life…” -Midwest Book Review"Great lyrical novel... A rich, intricately plotted story."
- Mike Bresner, author, All I Want for Christmas
"Literary, Metaphysical, Thought-provoking."
- Mallory Heart Reviews
Even as Father Lawrence was hearing the stranger’s confession, he dreamed of probability waves, black holes and temporal loops. He came to Gilead to search for his friend Camellia, not to hear about this penitent’s vices: seducing women, framing rivals and laundering church-funds. After he had chased the penitent through the sanctuary into the church graveyard and lost the man, he found a note that revealed a connection to Camellia.
When he learned that Camellia was pregnant with this man’s child, he knew the time to play ostrich was over. But ever since the girl whom he had counseled, committed suicide, he preferred distancing himself from others than engaging their struggles. And ever since falling out with his best friend, he preferred contemplating the duality of space-time to sorting out his own joy and grief and love and hatred. If only he could free himself from his emotional scum… if only he could marshal the courage to polish off his search for enlightenment…
He would discover the hidden identities behind each face and Camellia’s helping the villain to bring him down. When faced with betrayal, he would lock himself in his cabin and struggled between retreating to his meditation on space-time and confronting the villain. He would renounce his vow and learn to equate a dollar with a cheeseburger. He would buy a gun without knowing how to load the magazine. He would search for his enemy. But when faced with the gun barrel, Father Lawrence would have to contemplate death… only to hear the three shots that saluted the dark night…
Either mercy or justice; either salvation or friendship. Either choice: a flawed solution for a fallen man in a broken world.
Meditation on Space-Time, A Novel portrays a man’s struggle to discover his identity in contemporary society, to sacrifice for his friends and to take the road less traveled. For readers who would eat up the hero’s every morsel of laughter and tear as if each were bittersweet chocolate. While sifting through clues to the characters’ true identities and hidden agendas.
“Leonard Seet has left no literary devices on the table to narrate his tale…I was enthralled by the pure beauty of the writing among all the plot points. The scintillating writing is elegant, pure, grownup, originally cast, heartfelt, intelligent… The writing is simply breathtaking… brilliant bit of poetic science… If you prefer intelligently crafted novels, then do yourself a favor and by all means read this unforgettable novel by Leonard Seet: the writing is to die for.” -David Lentz, author, Bloomsday: the Bostoniad
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| ISBN: | 0967493722 (ISBN13: 9780967493725) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.04 From 25 Users | 8 ReviewsCommentary About Books Meditation on Space-Time
Father Lawrence is a complex protagonist: an intellectual man of the cloth with an unwavering faith in God along with a daunting grasp of physics, logic and philosophy. In graceful exposition here is how the modest monk views himself: "I am an imperfect man living in an imperfect world, trying to weave through the chaotic interactions of semi-causal events with linear logic, contradictory emotions, dialectic wisdom, and mortal integrity. On a dark night, I would search Polaris to guide me, butOn an August evening, while Father Lawrence was hearing a strangers confession, he dreamed of probability waves, black holes and temporal loops. He had gone to Gilead to look for his missing friend Camellia, not to listen to this penitents vices: seducing women, framing rivals, and laundering church-funds. And the penitent escaped before Lawrence could reveal the others identity. But soon he would discover the link between this man and Camellia. When he returned to Boston and found out Camellia
I dislike this book. I expected more relations between the plot and the 'quantum physic' instead there are only some quotation and just the title. Even the plot is lousy :the usual fight between good and evil.Sorry maybe i didn'understand the spirit of the book but to me it is too much sophisticated and meanwhile so trivial.
I received this in a Goodreads giveaway. I kind of hated this book. It's not necessarily bad. Parts of it are brilliant. There are bits of dialog and soliloquies that I will probably remember for the rest of my life. Most of it seems clumsy and sloppy. The book begins in medias res. You are dropped into a complicated situation and have a bunch of names thrown at you. By the time I knew what was going on and who these people were I had ceased to care. The two primary woman characters are named
Hunting for the con man preacher who has ruined his life and the lives of his friends and others, the philosophical monk who narrates this tale explores the limits of love, friendship, hate and the purposes of life's journey. With great wit and episodes of satirical truthfulness, the monk's progress teeters on the edge of infinity, insanity and reality. It's just a lot of fun to read and I'll read it again, because I'm not sure i got it all.
Leonard is the author of the novels Magnolias in Paradise and Meditation On Space-Time. His short fiction have appeared in the Duende Literary Journal, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, and Pilcrow & Dagger. His story Black-Naped Oriole in Hokkaido Snow was a podcast winner at Pilcrow & Dagger. He received Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future competition for theFather Lawrence is a complex protagonist: an intellectual man of the cloth with an unwavering faith in God along with a daunting grasp of physics, logic and philosophy. In graceful exposition here is how the modest monk views himself: "I am an imperfect man living in an imperfect world, trying to weave through the chaotic interactions of semi-causal events with linear logic, contradictory emotions, dialectic wisdom, and mortal integrity. On a dark night, I would search Polaris to guide me, but
Father Lawrence is too good for this world. Or, Father Lawrence is too high-minded for this world. Or, Father Lawrence is too unearthly for this world. Let the individual reader decide. Myself, I think his troubles began when he stepped off the grounds of the Massachusetts monastery and headed for Tennessee-Gilead to be exact, where no Balm was to be found. Whichever, Gilead certainly opened his mind, expanded his horizons, exposed him.to dishonesty and danger. Father Lawrence really should have
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