Heavenly Supper: The Story of Maria Janis
It is a winter morning in Venice, in 1622. Muted voices drift through a thin wall next door. Her curiosity aroused, a young woman peers through a crack in the door, only to witness a strange and disturbing sight: a woman and a priest secretly celebrating communion. Troubled by what she sees, she reports the incident at confession. Her revelation leads to the arrest, jailing, and arraignment of the two for heresy before the Venetian Holy Office of the Inquisition. So begins Fulvio Tomizza's absorbing account of the true story of Maria Janis, a devout peasant woman from the mountains north of Bergamo. Too poor to enter a convent, Maria had set…
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Weitere Autoren: Schutte, Anne Jacobson (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-226-80789-8
- EAN: 9780226807898
- Produktnummer: 1653308
- Verlag: Univ Of Chicago Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
- Seitenangabe: 196 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B14.8 cm x D1.9 cm 408 g
- Gewicht: 408
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