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A REALM OF POSSIBILITY...A DIMENSION OF ALTERNATE PERCEPTION.
Sihastrul, (The Hermit), is the first in a series that introduces th eponymous hero as an ambiguous character born under curious circumstances in a mysterious cave, but whose ultimate origins and destiny are determined by much larger forces. The story is divided into books and told from different points of view across the timeless expanse from the very beginning of the world, to present day. It is structured as a collection of apocryphal works (from Greek word apocryphos, meaning obscure, to hide away), whose themes offer a sense of innocents, if quirky, ingenuity with which to re-imagine the history of the world.
- Sales Rank: #1670373 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-02-08
- Released on: 2015-02-08
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author
Doris Plantus is the middle daughter of an immigrant carpenter from Bucovina, and mother, whose family emigrated from Banat, Romania. She has enjoyed living in two languages and cultures her whole life, and attributes her many creative undertakings to her bilingual and bicultural experiences growing up in Detroit, Michigan. She put herself through graduate school working a variety of jobs while raising two sons, and earned her Ph.D in English, with a concentration in translation and adaptation studies. Her characteristic archaic and regionalist style in Romanian prose and poetry is a point of pride for her devoted preservation of the language she inherited and passed on to her own children. Currently she teaches a variety of courses in English at Oakland University, with a specialty in Bible as Literature. But her real passion is exploring meaning through expression, from bilingual writing, painting, iconography, sculpture, and music, to stargazing, building tree forts with her father’s tools, and making wine. She lives in Troy, Michigan.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
A thought provoking read
By richard joyner
The book is a good read. Thought provoking read. Opens up a thought process of legacy, reality, the desire to return to what we know and have experienced but then realize that time does not allow us to go back. What a boring life we would all lead if we did not venture out taking charge of time instead of letting time control us. I would recommend it
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There is a warm familiarity infused with love in the way the characters introduce themselves and connect ...
By Recycled Adolescent
In Book XX of “Sihastrul”, the author, Doris Catherine Plantus specifies that the writing of an apocryphal tale “gives it truth, and if not truth, then meaning. Sometimes meaning makes all the difference,” the author tells us.
“Sihastrul” invites us to uncover the meanings hidden within its pages and its unconventional characters. One cannot help but sense the author’s appreciation of the depth and complexity of the characters’ emotions as well as for their exceptionality: the Hermit, the Angel, God himself, the butterfly, the young woman for whom the words are carved -“because you seek meaning in all the things” (book XVIII, page 87), etc. There is a warm familiarity infused with love in the way the characters introduce themselves and connect with each other: “But when she opened her eyes and saw the Hermit huddled a short distance away, back against the cave wall, knees drawn to chest and chin resting on folded arms, she felt a solidarity soothe her spirit like a warm and welcomed balm. “Who are you?” “I am the Hermit of this cave.” “What is your name?” (Book XVIII, page 86).
At times, the reader is stopped in his tracks by a meditation that can elicit immediate existential musings about his own life: “Some strive for heaven, others for the center of the earth; some search for the beginning of time, others for infinity. Some say the soul guides us, others claim forces of nature decide our fate. It was in this fashion the Hermit contemplated the young woman who lay sleeping on the cave floor.” (Book XVIII, page 86)
In some of these apocryphal tales, one emergence determines another, which in turns precipitates the fate of other elements, a creative domino effect of a primordial life whose phenomena sprout from a rich imagination, knowledge, and memories, “The tip of the Angel’s feather pushed forth slowly, firmly and sprouted in its unanimous solitude, glistening with toil and longing. Eventually, a tiny bud broke in the figure of an incandescent tear and salted the Earth with oceans of wisdom and remorse. Quickly new down gathered around the broken bud and there a single flower blossomed in consolation. The flower unfolded as it grew and grew, nodding to the eons that regarded it in passing, but did not wither, not even when it bent the feather clear to the ground. …” (Book IV, page 29)
Eighteenth Century author, William Blake once said: “The Tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a Green thing that stands in the way. Some see Nature all Ridicule and Deformity… and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the Man of Imagination, nature is Imagination itself.” In order to connect to the cosmic dimensions and the uniqueness of the characters on which her book is based, Ms. Plantus entices the readers to make use of their own imagination and interpretation (the book is abundant with elements of the author’s rich imagination, knowledge and sensibility flavored with Romanian customs and places).
Many of the elements encountered in the book – the finger with a “signed branded on its tip”, the stalagmite’s drop, the spindle, the spike, the apple, the icon, the seed of knowledge, etc., become important symbols of life’s significant encounters, and we witness their imaginative transformation into things or places endeared to the Hermit and the author: “We sailed on the periwinkle oceans beneath a cerulean sky, but the very air we breathed as we neared the Great Band was now Voronet blue. And the sea for us became a monastery of wonder and wisdom, and the salt was sorrow.”(Book VIII, page 42).
The Hermit’s profession seems to weight heavy on the world firmament: he “mines words,” chiseling them on the cave walls. And don’t words play a huge role in the big picture of life? Words can elevate like music or can hurt like hell; they can give wings or destroy dreams, bring peace or start wars, imbue love or mine it, etc. However, the final word between the girl and the Hermit is also the first one - “Love”: “The Hermit’s heart began to fill with hope and substance, swelling with the very first word from which all the other words come. And the girl saw the Hermit’s chest rise and fall in perfect concert with her own. And God sigh(NAI)ed. And the mountain slept. And the world forgave.”
In his isolation and solitude, and his consciousness of his role in the dialectic of the surrounding world, the character of the Hermit displays a certain solitary, poetic nature similar to that expressed by the 20th century Romanian literary critic and poet , Vladimir Streinu. Here is an excerpt from Vladimir Streinu’s poem “Sunset” (in original “Inserare”):
“And the soul under the rich load Tonight, so deep, so late a night
Of the night descending upon it, Where is the solitary hollow
Folds itself in and bends again, In whose profoundness I listen
A snail in its calcareous labyrinth. To the eternity I carry whole,
Like in a shell the seas stormy tumult?”
In original:
“Si sufletul sub spornica povara In noapte-aceasta prea tarzie
A noptii care-n juru –mi se coboara, Unde e scorbura pustie
Se-aduce-n el si se-ncovoaie iar Si-adanca-n care-ascult
Ca melcu-n labirintul de calcar. Cum duc intreaga vesnicie
Ca intr-o scoic-al marilor tumult?”
“…the very seed of sin which, heavy as it was with knowledge burrowed through the firmament and fell in turn to root its place in the universe.” (Book IV, page 28). Just like the “seed of sin,” Ms. Plantus’ first book, “Sihastrul” burrows through the firmament of sensitive readers whose imagination and knowledge invite challenge. And this “first seed” is expected to produce more “sprouts” with the next book of the series, as promised by the author. (Review by Mihaela Bartoi)
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
I highly recommend Sihastrul, a profound novel with meaningful imagery
By Mihaela Plantus
I highly recommend Sihastrul, a profound novel with meaningful imagery! I enjoyed the author's unique style in which the book was composed that allowed me to interpret the story in different ways. The novel transcends the boundaries between fiction and reality. Sihastrul inspires the reader through powerful character.
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