The name of the rose
The classic of Umberto Ecopublished in 1980, it is a journey through the low Middle Ages. A Franciscan monk, Guillermo de Baskervillearrives at a Benedictine monastery located in northern Italy and is dedicated to resolving a series of crimes, at a time when the Church lives the complaint complaints. There are references that include Jorge Luis Borges, Arthur Conan Doyle and the scholastic Guillermo the ockham. An unmissable.
The Da Vinci Code
Original of 2003, it is a total best seller that launched its author to fame, And Brown. Starring the academic Robert Langdon, It is involved in a plot based on a conspiracy theory relative to the Holy Grail and the role of María Magdalena In Christianity. This would have married Jesus Christ and his descendants would be part of the Mervingia dynasty. The book caused a stir and controversy in his time, but swept the bookstores.
The year the demon was born
This Peruvian novel Santiago Roncagliolo, Of 2023, it transports us to the colonial lime, from 1623. A novice gives birth in a monastery to a horrifying creature, a beast, and at the same time the Inquisition is fixed in a young woman named Rosa who is counted from who is counted can talk to God and the demon. It is a trip to American Christianity in the seventeenth century.
Conclave
Posted in 2017 by the British writer Robert Harrisa best-seller author known for his narrative of thrillers historicalis immersed in the depths of the choice of a new Pope. It was in this novel that was based on the successful 2024 film, starring Ralph Fiennes.
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God’s madman at the end of the world
It is the most recent Spanish book Javier Cercas. It is a non -fiction volume, halfway between the essay and the testimonial story. In the volume he recounts how the experience of accompanying the papa Francisco On an exotic trip: Mongoliawhere there is a small community of only 1,500 Catholics. The funny thing is that Cercas is atheist, Furious Anticlerical and a critical man, but he still accepted the invitation of The Vatican and conducted the journey with the vicar of God on earth, where he could talk alone with him. In addition to the trip, it includes conversations with Vatican Personeros talking about religious issues, looking for answers to deep questions. Very interesting.
The kingdom
One of the best books written by Emmanuel Carrère. In this volume of 2015, where it addresses two plots that somehow are intertwined: that of their own experience, which embraces the Catholic faith in a moment of personal crisis marked by a complex love relationship and the abuse of alcohol, and the history of Pablo de Tarsoanother convert like him. Carrère addresses the dimension of primitive Christianity from his particular point of view, from which he rescues his transgressive nature.
The great reformer
It is an investigation by the British journalist Austen Ivereight, and in the words of the New York Times, it is the most complete biography of Pope Francis. He enters the depths of the Pontiff’s life since his years of training as a Jesuit in Argentina, the admiration for Peronism and his pontificate as Francisco, where he advocated an agenda of reforms.
Church history in Chile (5 volumes)
Under the direction of historian Marcial Sánchez Gaete, the extensive investigation of five volumes explores the history of the Catholic Church in our country, from the Spanish conquest to the canonization of Father Alberto Hurtado.
