When an image of Jesus appears on the side of a Tim Hortons
restaurant in Nately, Nova Scotia, life is forever changed. The
town's inhabitants are challenged to ask difficult questions about
faith, life and love with sometimes moving, sometimes hilarious
results. Complicating the matter, of course, are the more mundane
questions of whether this appearance is a miracle, an accident or
quite possibly even a hoax.
At the centre of this wickedly entertaining play resides the more
existential and personal question of what has happened to our
notion of meaning and ethics in the strip-mall culture of concrete
and crass competition which has replaced a more pastoral and rural
life of care for the earth, the cycle of the seasons and its
festivals, and the blessings of renewal in the family. Has religion
lost the ability to mediate these two conditions, or did it ever
really have that power?
"Halo" is a brilliant examination of the need to believe and the
power of forgiveness. Cast of three women and four men.
General
Imprint: |
Talonbooks
|
Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
October 2002 |
First published: |
September 2002 |
Authors: |
Josh Macdonald
|
Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
128 |
Edition: |
None |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-88922-469-8 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-88922-469-2 |
Barcode: |
9780889224698 |
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