JUAN PABLO II

Through poetry, famous French poet Alain Saint-Saens narrates Pope Saint John Paul II''s extraordinary life as a model for Christians, but also as a man opened to dialog with other faiths: Judaism and Islam. This beautiful book is a very inspirationa
l work for all readers in Spanish and English. The author, a Christian, also shows how John Paul II''s spiritual guidance accompanied him all his life long. Twice his son Zinedine almost died and was considered lost. Alain Saint-Saens prayed all nigh
t with invocation to Saint John Paul II, and his son survived.
As a Historian of Christianity, Alain Saint-Saens wrote extensively about Christianity in Late Antiquity (Cesaire d''Arles et les Juifs au VIeme Siecle apres J-C); Early Modern Perio
d (La nostalgie du desert. L''ideal eremitique en Castille au Siecle d''Or; Valets de Dieu, Suppots du Diable. Ermites d''Espagne a l''Epoque Moderne; Art and Faith in Tridentine Spain). Very much attached to the interfaith dialog as well, Alain Sain
t-Saens as a playwright imagined Karol Wojtyla talking to a Jewish Rabbi in his play, The Wagon. On the Way to Auschwitz. As a novelist, the author approaches Christianity Islam dialogue in his novel, Aisha.