Eminence (novel)

Eminence
AuthorMorris West
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
1998
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages296 pp.
ISBN0732267048
Preceded byVanishing Point 
Followed byThe Last Confession 

Eminence (1998) is a novel by Australian writer Morris West. It was originally published by HarperCollins in Australia in 1998.[1]

Synopsis

As a young man Cardinal Luca Rossini was tortured in an Argentine military prison. He was nursed back to health by Isabel, wife of an Agentine diplomat, with whom he has an affair and a child. After his recovery he is sent to Rome to work in the Vatican. Over time he becomes the confidante of the reigning Pope. When that Pope falls ill and it becomes apparent that he must be replaced, Rossini takes a leading role in the process. While this is going on Isabel and her daughter arrive in Rome and Rossini must confront both his past and his future.

Critical reception

Pamela Ruskin, in The Australian Jewish News wrote of the novel: "West gives us a picture, obviously of Pope John Paul II of a sick, cantankerous, stubborn, rigidly conservative man who should have been retired long before. Perhaps over emotional and at times sentimental, this is a fine and thought-provoking novel by a writer consistently underrated by the literary critics for the unforgivable sin of being a bestseller."[2]

In her literary study of West and his work, Maryanne Confoy noted: "...Eminence, is another moral exploration of the misuse of power in church politics...A central dilemma of the book is what happens when a Pope is rendered incapacitated and what might happen to the Church and the Magisterium in such an impasse."[3]

Publication history

After its original publication in 1998 in Australia by publishers HarperCollins[4] the novel was later published as follows:

and many other paperback editions.[1]

The novel was translated into Italian, French, Portuguese, German and Spanish in 1998; and Slovakian in 1999.[1]

See also

Notes

  • Dedication: "For Carol and David Ashley-Wilson, good comapnions, friends of the heart."
  • Epigraph:
    • "The Church in Argentina, and we its members, have many reasons to confess our sins and to beg pardon of God and society: for our insensitivity, for our cowardice, for our omissions, for our complicities in respect of illegal repression." — Monsignor Jorce Novak, Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina. Quoted in Politica, 29 April 1995
    • "Where law ends, tyranny begins." — William Pitt, Speech, 9 January 1770

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Austlit — Eminence by Morris West (HarperCollins) 1998". Austlit. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  2. ^ ""Off the Shelf"". The Australian Jewish News, 7 August 1998, p10. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ^ Morris West: Literary Maverick by Maryanne Confoy, John Wiley & Sons, 2005, p259
  4. ^ "Eminence (HarperCollins)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Eminence (Harcourt Brace, USA)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Eminence (Harvill Press, UK)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

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