Book Review
Aug. 29th, 2004 02:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariA Saint, More or Less
by Henry Grunwald
For a non-religious person, I seem to read plenty of books about religion. This novel is a fictionalized account of Barbe Acarie and Nicole Tavernier, two women in late 16th century Paris who were both highly regarded and even venerated religious figures. However, while Barbe Acarie was later beatified, Nicole Tavernier was eventually reagrded as a fraud, and was even exorcised as a victim of diabolical possession. Grunwald uses their stories and their relationship to explore issues surrounding faith and sainthood. Despite the weighty questions addressed, Grunwald is not at all confrontational about the issues. He asks the questions, but doesn't try to convince the reader to adopt specific answers.
by Henry Grunwald
For a non-religious person, I seem to read plenty of books about religion. This novel is a fictionalized account of Barbe Acarie and Nicole Tavernier, two women in late 16th century Paris who were both highly regarded and even venerated religious figures. However, while Barbe Acarie was later beatified, Nicole Tavernier was eventually reagrded as a fraud, and was even exorcised as a victim of diabolical possession. Grunwald uses their stories and their relationship to explore issues surrounding faith and sainthood. Despite the weighty questions addressed, Grunwald is not at all confrontational about the issues. He asks the questions, but doesn't try to convince the reader to adopt specific answers.
