Author Enjoys Monastic Life
BBC Radio 4 featured a discussion on monastic life and the nature of friendship. The speaker expressed envy for the monks' way of life and reflected on how friendships can be transient, leading to a sense of loss. The narrative touches upon a character's decision to spend his life in a monastery.
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BBC Radio 4
“monks that I've known, I envy them, their way of life. Bye. But it's friendships like some love stories come and go and the friendship with Tommy comes and goes. So when the friendship with Tommy goes for a while, Ian finds he can't replace it with anything, which is why not too far into the book that Ian ends up spending his life in a monastery.”
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