The Shadow of the Father, Paperback

"The Shadow of the Father" - one of the most important books of Jan Dobraczynski, is based on the record of the Gospel, the evangelical text. It shows Joseph, the guardian of the Holy Family as a human being subjected to obedience to God and his intentions, a man who must understand and accept his part of being a shadow of the true Father of Jesus who will be born by his Miriam-chosen to him by God. Joseph, a native of Bethlehem, heir to the heritage of kings David and Solomon and the noble tribe of Judah, is up to Nazareth in search of the woman for whom he will sacrifice his life. Over there he meets a charming, friendly, yet mysterious girl named Miriam. However, starting to understand that between Miriam and him stands an impetuous force of abysmal proportions, as God's fist, will make their relationship continue unexpected ways: the One Who will be born and Who will become the liberator of the people scattered and oppressed in Israel.The book gives testimony to the values that never lose their importance: family, responsibility, patience, and true love."

About the Author:

Jan Dobraczynski was born in Warsaw in 1910, and was educated both at school and university there. His first book -Bernanos the Novelist- was published in 1937. At the outbreak of war he fought as a captain in the cavalry and was wounded. He subsequently spent the war years in political underground activity, being co-editor of two underground periodicals. He was taken prisoner in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 and had been sent to Belsen and other concentration camps. During World War II, as the head of the Division for Abandoned Children at the Warsaw municipal welfare department, Jan Dobraczynski helped Zegota activists place Jewish children in convents. On his release in 1945 he returned to Poland and spent his life in Warsaw, where he died in 1994. He held the rank of general in the Polish military.He has written over 50 novels, one play, 4 tales, 24 studies, and essays. His greatest successes have been -The Letters of Nicodemus-, -The Shadow of the Father-, -God's Miser-, and -Jesus Christ and His Apostles-. Several of his books have been translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, and Italian.