Russian Religious Thought - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0299151344 ISBN 13 : 9780299151348

Editeur : University of Wisconsin Press, 1996

Synopsis

Nell Grendon never thought about communing with the dead when she was growing up in Little Wolf, Wisconsin; she was more concerned with slumber parties, boys, and the Lord's Prayer Ring she won (dishonestly) in a Methodist Bible Bee. But when a chance visit to the eccentric but charming Wocanaga Spiritualist Camp brings the adult Nell face-to-face with the elderly medium Grace Waverly, she cannot resist the temptation to learn more about spirit mediumship. Nell intends to fake her intuitive talents, but soon she spontaneously channels Angella Wing, an actress from the 1920s once known as the "Woman of a Thousand Voices." Nell attempts to conceal her occult interests from skeptical friends, including George, a handsome jazz musician who rents an apartment in her historic home, and Polly, a childhood friend with buried anguish of her own. But soon Angella's mischievous presence begins to make Nell's life more and more difficult, eventually attracting shadows of Nell's past. As she tries to free herself from Angella's influence, Nell is forced into an investigation of a mysterious death at the very heart of her childhood--and the revelation of surprisingly dark secrets.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Judith Deutsch Kornblatt is associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of The Cossack Hero in Russian Literature and Doubly Chosen, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Richard F. Gustafson is the Olin Professor of Russian at Barnard College and Columbia University. Among his many books is Leo Tolstoy, Resident and Stranger.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wisconsin Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0299151344
• ISBN 13: 9780299151348
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Kornblatt Judith Deutsch, Gustafson Richard F.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible