{"product_id":"meditations-of-a-solitary-in-lon-bloy-9781955392389","title":"Meditations of a Solitary in 1916","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeditations of a Solitary in 1916\u003c\/em\u003e was written by L駮n Bloy in 1916 in France, during World War I, and published in 1917, the same year that the author passed away. The themes are mostly theological, with sustained meditations on both the Christian soul and the lack of soul of Wilhelm II, emperor of Germany. Indeed, although biographical in nature, one might consider this less a follow up to \u003cem\u003eOn the\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThreshold of the Apocalypse\u003c\/em\u003e in the Ungrateful Beggar series and more a companion piece to \u003cem\u003eThe Soul of Napoleon\u003c\/em\u003e, but in a Bizarro sort of way, with a candidate alternative title of The Bizarro Soul of Wilhelm II, or Wilhelm IIʼs Lack of Soul, - such was the rage, frustration, contempt, sadness, heart-rending compassion of the author at the time of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How to accuse Wilhelm alone? That fellow at best is nothing more than an imbecile, as frightening an imbecile as you like, but an imbecile all the same...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"ʻSo,ʼ someone asks me, ʻwhat remains?ʼ Absolutely nothing but the Eucharist in the Catacombs and waiting for the unknown Liberator whom the Paraclete must dispatch, when the blood of countless torture victims and the tears of some elect will have sufficiently purified the earth... God is preparing to start over again... the fulfillment of that apocalyptic prophecy is near.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e L駮n Bloy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1955392382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955392389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunny Lou Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.34d","brand":"L駮n Bloy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138450616575,"sku":"9781955392389","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ffa1b38-7d71-436c-8067-90117a9e4e71.jpg?v=1687899729","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/meditations-of-a-solitary-in-lon-bloy-9781955392389","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}