Questions about Michael O’Brien’s “Father Elijah”
The following are the author’s responses to questions regarding Father Elijah: an Apocalypse, submitted by students majoring in Literature at a Canadian university. This novel is now part of the...
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Father Elijah is the tale of a Carmelite priest, Father Elijah (born David Schäfer), and his confrontation with the spirit of Antichrist. Set in Rome, Poland and Israel, the events of this novel take...
View ArticleSophia House
Sophia House is set in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Pawel Tarnowski, a bookseller, gives refuge to a Jewish youth (David Schäfer) who has escaped from the Ghetto, and hides him in the attic of...
View ArticleIs the End at Hand?
Is the End At Hand? June 6, 2006 — 06/06/06Michael D. O’Brien interviewed by Valerie Schmalz, IgnatiusInsight magazine The number 666 is believed by some interpreters of the New Testament Book of...
View ArticleA Wounding Beauty—Traces
This interview for Traces, the Italian language journal of the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation, appears in its July 2007 edition. The interviewer is Dr. Edoardo Rialti, a professor of...
View ArticleFilm of Father Elijah
May 3, 2011Dear Friends of StudiObrien, For the past several years, many of you have written to me to say that you believe my novel Father Elijah would make an excellent film. A number of film...
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