The Discovery of Luminous Being 1

Publication Date: 1995
Length: 106 pages
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ISBN: 0-9645-2260-8

The Discovery of Luminous Being

by Anthony Maulucci

A Jewish father and son driven apart by irreconcilable differences . . . This is Mr. Maulucci's first published novel, the story of an angry young man in conflict with his overbearing father during the Vietnam war. Set in Montreal in the tumultuous early 1970’s where Leo Trager, a famous mural painter, is working on a commission for The Museum of Man. Twenty-one-year-old Rafe Trager arrives and a confrontation soon ensues during which Rafe vents all his bottled up rage at his father’s shortcomings and rails against the injustices of military conscription during a conflict of highly questionable purpose and morality. Spent and vulnerable, he meets the lovely Suzanne Nicholas whose mystery, beauty and nurturing strength help Rafe begin the long healing process and enable him to come to a major realization about himself and his father. During this one crucial week in 1971, Rafe Trager comes to terms with his parents' divorce, falls in love, discovers the courage to stand up to his father, makes a decision about the draft, and discovers his own spiritual freedom, the “luminous being” of the book’s title.

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