The Priest Fainted: A Novel - Hardcover

Davidson, Catherine Temma

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805055398 ISBN 13: 9780805055399

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1998

Synopsis

A young Greek-American woman blends memories, myths, recipes, and family gossip together to relate the story of one woman's year in Greece and the history she shares with her mother and grandmother. A first novel. 12,500 first printing.

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Review:

"Davidson has created an admirable heroine, a kind of female Odysseus who must survive the dangers and beauties of a foreign place." (Lisa Shea, The New York Times Book Review "Pondering the lives of women who came before her, revising Greek myths to uncover feminist parables and chronicling a modern woman's adventures in an ancient land, Davidson's skillfully crafted novel proves it may be possible to forge a connection to the past by living intensely in the present and keeping one's eyes, ears, and imagination open." (Merle Rubin, Los Angeles Times)

About the Author:

Catherine Temma Davidson has received numerous accolades for her poetry, including awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Dorothy Daniels Award from PEN, and First Prize at the L.A. Poetry Festival. She lives in London. The Priest Fainted is her first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0805055398
• ISBN 13: 9780805055399
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 261