Poison - Softcover

Harrison, Kathryn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679431403 ISBN 13: 9780679431404

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1995

Synopsis

A story set during the Spanish Inquisition follows the experiences of a silk-grower's daughter, Francisca, whose obsessive love affair with a priest results in a witchcraft charge, and Princess Maria Luisa, who is attacked when she fails to conceive

About this title

Review:

"A wonderful novel, rich and wild and sweet."--"Washington Post Book World""Vivid...remarkable...crystalline prose perfumed (but not too much) with musky eroticism, bigger enough than life to carry you away...Flaubert once marvelled at how long it took him to shake off the smell of arsenic after writing Madame Bovary's death scene. Readers of "Poison"may feel the same."--"Chicago Tribune""Fascinating...mesmerizing...a hypnotic tale..."Poison"is a rich tapestry."--"USA Today"

About the Author:

Kathryn Harrison is a graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Her first novel, Thicker Than Water, was a New York Times Notable Book of 1991. Her second novel, Exposure, was also a New York Times Notable Book, and a national bestseller. She lives in New York City with her husband, the writer Colin Harrison.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679431403
• ISBN 13: 9780679431404
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1