{"product_id":"regula-paperback","title":"Regula - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam S. Kerr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCities never shed their pasts. They are marked by their histories. You do not walk through them and remain wholly in the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1966, as the war in Vietnam escalates, twelve-year-old Holzli Lloyd's family moves to Switzerland where his father is a cultural attaché with the American consulate, a job that seems to have hidden dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransferred from a village public school to an international school in Zürich, the boy meets Mark, who claims to have visions of the sixteenth century, the time of the Swiss Reformation. Mark tells of meetings with a girl named Regula, whose Anabaptist family is being persecuted by the authorities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolzli is intrigued with the Anabaptists' refusal to resist evil and becomes obsessed with finding out whether the stories are true. When the visions take a dangerous turn, though, he is led to intervene-and sees the cost of intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThough \u003ci\u003eRegula\u003c\/i\u003e deals with political and religious themes, it is more concerned with exploring the limitations of interpretation and judgment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam S. Kerr's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Shield that Fell from Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e was named to \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003cb\u003eBest of 2011\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48234117726429,"sku":"9780999070901","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/lxvM-QQOoM9780999070901.webp?v=1784821320","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/regula-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}