Mariette in Ecstasy
HarperCollins · Paperback · January 1, 1994
The highly acclaimed and provocatively rendered story of a young postulant's claim to divine possession and religious ecstasy.
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- Who it’s for
- A young postulant’s claim of divine possession makes for a charged encounter with faith and ecstasy.
- Genres
- Christian Historical Fiction, Faith & Fiction, Women's Fiction
- Published
- HarperCollins, January 1, 1994
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The highly acclaimed and provocatively rendered story of a young postulant's claim to divine possession and religious ecstasy.
Faith Under Pressure
A young postulant’s claim of divine possession makes for a charged encounter with faith and ecstasy.
Come here for
- Faith-inflected fiction centered on spiritual experience
- A provocative take on religious ecstasy
Expect
- A focus on one postulant’s claim to divine possession
- Religious ecstasy rendered with provocative intensity
Where it sits
| Faith & Fiction | 70% |
|---|---|
| Christian Historical Fiction | 67% |
| Women's Fiction | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Contemporary Fantasy
- Faith & Fiction
- Christian Fantasy
- Contemporary Christian Fiction
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- Women's Fiction
- Catholicism
- Christian History
- Authors
- Ron Hansen
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- January 1, 1994
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Contemporary Fantasy