Hunger's brides
Subtitle: a novel of the baroque
By: Paul Anderson
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1358
ISBN-13: 9780786715411
Subjects: Teacher-student relationships; Fiction
Description: In a tale inspired by the life of Mexican nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a college professor commits an act of violence against a former lover and examines the contents of a box he has stolen from her, which contains a strange manuscript about Sor Juana.
Table of contents: title: bk. 1. Echo; title: bk. 2. Isis; title: bk. 3. Sappho; title: bk. 4. Phoenix; title: bk. 5. Horus; title: bk. 6. Phaëthon.