Wild Woman a footnote, the desert, and my quest for an elusive saint.
In the dusty corner of a library, journalist Amy Frykholm discovers a footnote that leads her on a decades-long search for Mary of Egypt--runaway, prostitute, holy desert dweller, saint, and archetypal wild woman. As their storylines crisscross maps and centuries, the saint and the author meet at va...
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| 語言: | 英语 |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota :
Broadleaf Books
2021.
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| 在線閱讀: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1fj857r |
書本目錄:
- Cover Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface: Footnote to History
- Part I: Egypt
- Bring the Live Heart
- Find the Root
- Climb to the High Place
- Sift through the Sand
- Part II: Israel
- Be Astonished
- Cross the Threshold
- Open the Door
- Part III: Palestine and Jordan
- Get Lost
- Go into the Deeper Desert
- Melt
- Be Wild
- Epilogue: Translated
- Acknowledgments
- Appendices
- Glossary of People, Places, and Terms
- Life of Mary of Egypt: A Translation by Thomas F. Johnson and Amy Frykholm
- Life of Mary of Egypt: A Version in Poetry by Amy Frykholm
- Notes