Authors: Ron Hansen
ISBN-13: 9780060981181, ISBN-10: 0060981180
Format: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: August 1992
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Ron Hansen is the bestselling author of the novel Atticus (a finalist for the National Book Award), Hitler's Niece, Mariette in Ecstasy, Desperadoes, and Isn't It Romantic?, as well as a collection of short stories, a collection of essays, and a book for children. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Ron Hansen lives in northern California, where he teaches at Santa Clara University.
The highly acclaimed and provocatively rendered story of a young postulant's claim to divine possession and religious ecstasy.
Precise, passionate and remarkably compelling.