The Celibate. ‘An exceptional book: at its core it combines the sexual with the spiritual.’ ‘Michael Arditti’s hugely enjoyable new novel. It is funny and moving and deeply tender.’ The Scotsman. Of Men and Angels. The Celibate is the story of a young, unnamed ordinand with his mind full of God and his heart closed to love. "An exceptional book: at its core it combines the sexual with . · Michael Arditti. The unnamed narrator in this sensitive story is a young man with his mind full of God and his heart closed to love. An ordinand, he has had a breakdown while serving at the altar. The Church has sent him to a London therapist, rather than a priest, for confession. During the course of his cure, while living in an unfamiliar world of outcasts, fundamentalists, and AIDS sufferers, /5(96).
About Michael Arditti Michael Arditti is a novelist, short story writer and critic. His novels are The Celibate (), Pagan and her Parents (Pagan's Father in the USA) (), Easter (), Unity (), A Sea Change (), The Enemy of the Good (), Jubilate (), The Breath of Night (), Widows and Orphans (), Of Men and. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Celibate by Michael Arditti (, Trade Paperback, Revised edition) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Michael Arditti is a novelist, short story writer and critic. His novels are The Celibate (), Pagan and her Parents (Pagan's Father in the USA) (), Easter (), Unity (), A Sea Change (), The Enemy of the Good (), Jubilate (), The Breath of Night (), Widows and Orphans (), Of Men and Angels () and The Anointed ().
Review. Michael Arditti's The Celibate is an ambitious work that challenges the standard parameters of the gay novel: although it could be classified as a coming-out tale, the book is more accurately described as the record of a spiritual journey with historical and overtly sexual overtones. The Celibate - Kindle edition by Arditti, Michael. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Celibate. ‘Michael Arditti’s hugely enjoyable new novel. It is funny and moving and deeply tender.’ The Scotsman. Of Men and Angels. ‘Throughout, Arditti’s characters lust and yearn, spar and pun their way vividly off the page… Arditti unfailingly animates his extensive research with humanity and wit.’ Daily Mail.
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