Mariette in Ecstasy

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Mariette in Ecstasy
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Author Ron Hansen
Subject Catholic Church, religious ecstasy
Genre Fiction
PublisherE. Burlingame Books/HarperCollins
Publication date
1991
Pages179
ISBN 9780060182144

Mariette in Ecstasy is a 1991 novel written by Ron Hansen. [1] it is set in a convent in New York in 1906. [2] It is defined as a "wonderful and strange novel" and it is "beautifully described". [3]

In 1992, it received the Barnes and Noble Discover Award, the Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal in Fiction and the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association 1992 Award in Fiction. [4]

In 1996, it was set to be adapted into a film but it was never released because the production company and intended distributor, Savoy Pictures, who was co-producing the film with Price Entertainment and Rastar, went bankrupt. [5] [6] In 2009, it was adapted for the stage and produced at Lifeline Theatre in Chicago. [7] In 2019, the film was shown for the first time at the Camerimage International Film Festival by director John Bailey, during a retrospective of his career.

References

  1. ↑ Hampl, Patricia (October 20, 1991). "Her Imitation of Christ". NY Times . The New York Times Company. p. 7011. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  2. ↑ Scharl, Jane Clark (August 27, 2018). "The Line Between Holiness and Madness in Ron Hansen's Mariette in Ecstasy". Crisis Magazine . Perceptions Studio. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  3. ↑ Scalia, Elizabeth (August 16, 2016). "Mariette in Ecstasy: A spiritual wellspring of a novel". Aleteia . Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Ron Hansen" (PDF). Santa Clara University . 1995. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ Brown, Dale (April 14, 2008). Conversations with American Writers: The Doubt, the Faith, the In-Between . Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p.  162. ISBN   9780802862280.
  6. ↑ Variety Staff (May 15, 1995). "FOREIGN FILMS". Variety . Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  7. ↑ "MARIETTE IN ECSTASY Premieres at Lifeline Theater 2/13". Broadway World . Wisdom Digital Media. October 16, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
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