{"product_id":"infinity-of-little-hours","title":"Infinity of Little Hours","description":"In 1960, five young men arrived at the imposing gates of Parkminster, the largest centre of the most rigorous and ascetic monastic order in the Western world: the Carthusians. This is the story of their five-year journey into a society virtually unchanged in its behaviour and lifestyle since its foundation in 1084.  An Infinity of Little Hours  is a uniquely intimate portrait of the customs and practices of a monastic order almost entirely unknown until now. It is also a drama of the men's struggle as they avoid the 1960s,the decade of hedonism, music, fashion, and amorality,and enter an entirely different era and a spiritual world of their own making. After five years each must face a choice: to make \"solemn profession\" and never leave Parkminster or to turn his back on his life's ambition to find God in solitude. A remarkable investigative work, the book combines first-hand testimony with unique source material to describe the Carthusian life. And in the final chapter, which recounts a reunion forty years after the events described elsewhere in the book, Nancy Klein Maguire reveals which of the five succeeded in their quest, and which did not.","brand":"PublicAffairs,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226756239704,"sku":"9781586484323","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781586484323_ee62f716-33d9-4fdb-ae79-5a8033f93051.jpg?v=1764815439","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/infinity-of-little-hours","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}