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Wind From Heaven is the story of the future Pope Karol Wojtyła as poet and playwright, as a true servant of the Word – a student of Polish literature, dramatist, actor, professor, philosopher, and priest, whose religious conviction added a moral dimension to the world politics, transformed the Church, and changed the course of history.

Drawing on a wealth of Polish sources, Monika Jablonska throw a fresh light onto the personal and literary life of John Paul II for English-language reader, portraying the history of Karol Wojtyła’s native Poland, its literature, and faith-suffused culture as the crucible out of which emerged a boy, then a man of unbreakable spirit, who answered the call to the priesthood, and became a pope who in face of immense worldly evils feared no one but God, giving ringing voice to Love and Hope with such moral clarity that the world rose up with courage in response. The reader of this inspiring book comes away in reverent awe of Karol Wojtyła, this “man from a far country” who left behind springs of inspiration flowing stronger with each passing year.