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The Miracle
Thousands of desperate people are drawn to Lourdes and its renowned Grotto when the Vatican announces that the Virgin Mary will perform another miracle cure there. Their lives are at stake... but will a miracle really occur?Irving Wallace, author of The Word, The Man, and The Prize, focuses on an eclectic group of pilgrims at the site of the Virgin Mary's legendary appeara...more
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November 20th 2009
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The book starts out with a reasonable premise. Lourdes visionary Bernadette Soubirous actually did say she'd heard her "beautiful lady" tell her three secrets which she never revealed. And as a nun, she actually would have kept a journal of some sort. In this story, Wallace postulates that Bernadette put her entire life story including the secrets in the journal and shipped the whole thing off to the Lagues family in nearby Bartres who (actually) had cared for her as an infant and late...more
Such a beautiful blending of Atheism, Theism, Hope/faith, Science, and Fiction. At places, I wondered if all the events really happened. The author takes an unbiased stand that he neither shadows the reader with his theism, nor establishes Atheism. The characterization, dialogues, plot, setting all were 100% realistic. If you will ask me which my favourite book is, I sure will quote this.
The plot was driven in a very streamlined manner with beautiful manoeuvring between different POVs. The ...more
The plot was driven in a very streamlined manner with beautiful manoeuvring between different POVs. The ...more
I got this book at a book sale and was interested in it because I had read "The Word" (sort of a "DaVinci Code"/"Gemini Contenders "(Robert Ludlum) thriller regarding some surprising aspect of Christ's life. This one concerns the appearances of the virgin Mary to Bernadette Sobrious in Lourdes in the mid-1800's, with a modern twist indicating that she will again reappear in modern times (well, the mid-80's), and its effect on a number of characters; in fact, this wo...more
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The church announces the discovery of documents containing the secret prophecy of the Lady of Lourdes to St. Bernadette...that the Virgin will reappear during a specific 8 day period. Wallace takes us to Lourdes for these eight days and introduces us to a cast of characters drawn here for a variety of reasons. Set against a detailed description one of the world's most popular pilgrimage sites, this is an exploration of the meaning and role of faith and science in people's lives. Do miracles real...more
The many storylines are never hard to follow and and the contrary very interesting indeed. The story develops into some cliches and the writing style of the author is quite distant and not really even journalistic so its hard to decipher his intentions.
Perfect combination of religion, intrigue, crime, politics and controversial journalism make this a complete novel. All the protagonists are given enough space, and the story moves at a great pace. Thoroughly enjoyable read.
While reading this novel, it sounded in my head as though Irving Wallace was trying to write a movie. And what about the Soviet Premier?
I really liked the pace of this book until the ending. It seemed rushed and incomplete to me. Not a bad summer read though. Easy to put down and pick up again.
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Irving Wallace was an American bestselling author and screenwriter. His extensively researched books included such page-turners as The Chapman Report (1960), about human sexuality; The Prize (1962), a fictional behind-the-scenes account of the Nobel Prizes; The Man, about a black man becoming president of the U.S. in the 1960s; and The Word (1972), about the discovery of a new gospel.
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