{"product_id":"mariette-in-ecstasybooks","title":"Mariette in Ecstasy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe highly acclaimed and provocatively rendered story of a young postulant's claim to divine possession and religious ecstasy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1906, a beautiful seventeen year old postulant enters the convent of the Sisters of the Crucifixion in upstate New York. When she begins to bleed from her hands, feet, and side, the entire community is thrown into turmoil. Is Mariette a cunning sham, or sexually hysterical, or does God stalk her like a pitiless lover?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMariette in Ecstasy is a stunning immersion into the society of a small convent at the turn of the century, where a mysterious and ultimately harrowing world lies beneath the lovely, placid surface of everyday life. With Mariette In Ecstasy, critically acclaimed author Ron Hansen again powerfully demonstrates his gift for brilliantly recreating time and place. As intriguing as The Name Of The Rose, as sensually hypnotic as Marguerite Duras' The Lover, this is an intimate portrait of a fascinating young woman in the grip of an intractable fate, and it raises provocative questions about the complex nature of passionate faith.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExquisitely crafted, Mariette in Ecstasy is a spellbinding novel that marks a new level of achievement in one of our most gifted writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hansen, Ron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ Adult Fiction","offer_id":53395672629472,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_cb8dcda4-0de4-49f2-a4f5-3c7a5eabf845.jpg?v=1784042465","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/mariette-in-ecstasybooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}