Seraphim and the Dust Plague
- by Gracjan Kraszewski
- Product Code: sdp
- Availability: In Stock
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$10.95
This is a story about a coming, slowly creeping, once in a millennium climatological disaster event. Yet the residents of a small Pacific Northwest town, especially their Mayor, seem more concerned with the taking up of a homeless man and his cohort in downtown, a development threatening to ruin their idyllic self-perceptions. Even as the storm readies to deliver a direct hit, many view the homeless men as the true “plague” rather than a dust storm, acid spitting, Tornado funnel-front that has reduced Syracuse and Chicago to utter ruin.
Ultimately, it is a story about what it means to love one’s neighbor, what it means to sacrifice, what it means to trust in God’s providential, often unseen, plans.
Size: 5.25 x 8
88 pages
ISBN: 978-1-990685-94-1
Kraszewski delivers, with his unique combination of humor and hyperbole, a compelling and entertaining story that speaks as much about a literal plague as it does a more subtle one bending the hearts and minds of modern man. When the dust settles, we are left reflecting on the grander truths about life, God, and free will, and at least considering the manner in which we relate to our neighbor, or greet the stranger walking by us on the street, or simply live our day-to-day lives, in what seems like trivial moments, in our own beautiful towns. —Benjamin Foreman, business owner and optometrist
Nostalgic.
Utopic.
Be transported to another world, perhaps another time.
Be invited to see in a different way.
To have challenged your reason.
To believe.
To love.
—Fr. Chase Hasenoehrl, pastor at Saint Augustine's Vandal Catholic and PhD candidate at Oxford
What a remarkable tale that left me thinking and rethinking long after I put it down! Kraszewski expertly weaves together vivid small-town imagery, thoroughly human characters, and the threat of a nearly apocalyptic Dust Plague to enchant the reader. His quirky prose had me smiling, and at times, laughing aloud. In peculiar and unexpected ways, this story explores what it means to be human, what we become in the face of death, and what might just be needed to catch us off guard and shock us into the truth. —Amy McNelly, M. Div, CEO, Palouse Care Network
Seraphim and the Dust Plague is a parable that moves with remarkable celerity to its heavy hitting conclusion. Pithy and engaging to the last line, this is an immensely enjoyable read for an evening that you planned to waste away on Netflix…but why eat mincemeat when you can have Filet Mignon? —Dr. Cecily “Always-Late-To-The-Party” Kreslins
Gracjan Kraszewski is the author of five books: the novels The Holdout, Thermonuclear Mirth, the novella, Seraphim and the Dust Plague, a book of essays, The Hippo Lectures, and the Civil War history Catholic Confederates. He earned his PhD in history from Mississippi State University and taught at the University of Illinois. He is currently Director of Intellectual Formation at the St. Augustine Center in Moscow, Idaho, while also teaching at the University of Idaho and in Washington State University’s history department and School of Design + Construction. Played baseball in college, professionally in Europe, and for the Polish National Team. Fluent in English, Polish, and French, he possesses intermediate ability in Russian, Italian, and Spanish.
