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008			080306s2008 nyu b 000 0deng
010			_a 2008010150
020			_a9781594484384 _c(paperback)
035			_a15207965
035			_a(OCoLC)212847707
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC _bAU
049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aBT732.4 _b.N67 2010
100	1		_aNorris, Kathleen, _d1947-
245	1	0	_aAcedia & me : _ba marriage, monks, and a writer's life / _cKathleen Norris.
246	3		_aAcedia and me
260			_aNew York : _bRiverhead Books, _c2010
264			_c©2010
300			_a329 pages _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [332]-334).
505	0		_aSomewhere -- Tedium -- From eight bad thoughts to seven sins -- Psyche, soul, and muse -- Up and down -- Give me a word -- Acedia's progress -- Acedia's decline -- A silent despair -- The quotidian mysteries -- The "noon" of midlife -- Day by day -- And to the end arriving -- A widow's uneasy afterword -- Acedia: a commonplace book.
520			_aDiscusses the ancient concept of "soul weariness" and explores the phenomenon's relevance in modern culture, meditating on the ways in which depression-like acedia influenced the author's experiences as a writer, a family member, and a patient
600	1	0	_aNorris, Kathleen, _d1947-
650		0	_aAcedia.
650		0	_aMelancholy _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
650		0	_aSadness _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
650		0	_aApathy _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
650		0	_aMonastic and religious life.
655		0	_aPrint books. _2local _94
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