Sep 13 2011
Author Interview: Isaac Karoor
Q. What excites you most about your book’s topic? Why did you choose it?
A. What excites me most is that I can show to the reader that Jesus was a great liberator of women, St. Paul was not anti-feminist. The second most fascinating element is that I have given a face and body to some less known biblical figures such as Phoebe, Peter’s wife, Priscilla, junia and others.
Q. How long did the book take you from start to finish?
A. About ten years.
Q. What aspect of writing the book did you find particularly challenging?
A. To make the story start and end at the same place, to write the story is the perspective of Phoebe the main character.
Q. What surprised you the most about the book writing process?
A. It was not as easy as I anticipated.
Q. Did you have any favorite experiences when writing your book?
A. My healing from clinical depression started with my writing this novel. Today I am almost completely healed of the severe depression.
Q. What do you hope your readers will gain from reading your book?
A. A healthy perspective about women’s freedom and equality.
Q. What projects are you currently working on?
A. A book under the title ABC for the Soul.
Q. Is writing your sole career? If not, what else do you do?
A. I am a Catholic priest; I celebrate Mass for a number of communities.
Q. Did you do any research for your books, or did you write from experience?
A. I did extensive research in writing this novel.
Q. How did you come up with your title?
A. the Moonflower opens at night and closes early morning. Women as deacons were prevalent in the Early Church. Anti feminist chauvinist tendencies that grew up in the Church put an end to female leadership very early in the Church, hence the title is symbolic.
Q. What books have influenced you the most?
A. In the writing of this novel the book that influenced me most is “I Claudius”
Q. Who was your publisher and why did you choose them?
A. My Publisher is Tate, I chose them because they are good to the first publisher.
About the book:
What role did women actually play in the days of the early Church? The Lost Moonflower is a riveting, fast-paced novel that raises many questions about modern Church. Set in the apostolic era, from AD 40 to AD 90, it portrays the story of Phoebe, the woman mentioned in the Letter of Paul to the Romans (Rom 16:1). Follow along as she searches tirelessly for meaning in all areas of her life, especially her spiritual life, and pushes the boundaries of her world with sensitivity and understanding. Modern readers will also become acquainted with the Gospel writers as real people. In reading the Bible it is easy to forget that these writers lived and breathed just as we do. Author Isaac Karoor captures this reality through lively dialogue and plausible situations. The reader is allowed to gaze through history’s window to see the life and times of the Bible which Karoor describes with impeccable detail. Readers of all ages will enjoy the Lost Moonflower- an enchanting lesson on the history of the Christian Church.
To learn more, please visit: http://www.thelostmoonflower.com/
