Mariette in Ecstasy

Mariette in Ecstasy
AuthorRon Hansen
SubjectCatholic Church, religious ecstasy
GenreFiction
PublisherE. Burlingame Books/HarperCollins
Publication date
1991
Pages179
ISBN9780060182144

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 adapted into a film but it was never released because the production company and intended distributor, Savoy Pictures, who is 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 (20 October 1991). "Her Imitation of Christ". NY Times. The New York Times Company. p. 7011. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ Scharl, Jane Clark (27 August 2018). "The Line Between Holiness and Madness in Ron Hansen's Mariette in Ecstasy". Crisis Magazine. Perceptions Studio. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ Scalia, Elizabeth (16 August 2016). "Mariette in Ecstasy: A spiritual wellspring of a novel". Aleteia. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Ron Hansen" (PDF). Santa Clara University. 1995. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  5. ^ Brown, Dale (14 April 2008). Conversations with American Writers: The Doubt, the Faith, the In-Between. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 162. ISBN 9780802862280.
  6. ^ Variety Staff (15 May 1995). "FOREIGN FILMS". Variety. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  7. ^ "MARIETTE IN ECSTASY Premieres at Lifeline Theater 2/13". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2019.