1996, ISBN: 9781559703352

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New York: Arcade Pub. Very Good Very Good, DJ Good 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Condition-very good 1st edition, DJ good with slight chpping along top edge, ffp excised. John Rechy, whose pre… Más…

New York: Arcade Pub. Very Good Very Good, DJ Good 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Condition-very good 1st edition, DJ good with slight chpping along top edge, ffp excised. John Rechy, whose previous novels include 4th Angel, City of Night and The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez: A Novel, is back with this retelling of the stories of the fallen women of history. When an 18th-century French noblewoman has vivid dreams of the lives of Eve, the whore of Babylon, Medea and Mary Magdalene, she comes to realize that they are more than just somnambulant imaginings. Rather, they are actual memories. With the help of Madame Bernice, a friend and mystic, she sets out to tell the true stories of their lives. From Publishers Weekly With a colorful ribbon of feminist revisionism festooning its New Age wrapping, Rechy's latest novel indulges in past-life grandiosity and some scandalous speculation about the erotic lives of Adam, Medea and Jesus, among others. An unnamed countess in a decaying 18th-century European city flees to the country after being unjustly accused of having killed her husband, the count. She temporarily escapes a wily plot spun by the count's evil sister and? naturally? the pope, finding sanctuary in the chateau of Madame Bernice, a mystic who helps the countess recall that her "essence" is to be on a "journey of redemption" to vindicate the lives of all unjustly blamed women. In a succession of afternoon teas, the narrator tells the mystic of her incarnations as Eve, Mary Magdalene, Delilah, Salome, Helen of Troy, Medea and La Malinche, Cortes's lover. But the villainous pope is on to them. Rechy (The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez) does capture some of the breathless Perils-of-Pauline pacing of a good 18th-century novel, but some of the incarnations are related with so little verve that they become one-liners. The Trojan War, we learn, was fought because Paris suffered from penis envy. None of the principals? the countess, the mystic, Lucifer, God, Adam, Jesus, Judas or John the Baptist? comes... . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1996., Arcade Pub, 1996<

ISBN: 9781559703352

Arcade Pub. Hardcover. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/s… Más…

Arcade Pub. Hardcover. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included., Arcade Pub<

1998, ISBN: 9781559703352

Arcade Publishing, Hardcover, 353 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-12-31T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.7 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2976426, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Subjects, Books, Literary Fi… Más…

Arcade Publishing, Hardcover, 353 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-12-31T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.7 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2976426, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Subjects, Books, Literary Fiction, Arcade Publishing, 1998<