| Poison Contributor(s): Harrison, Kathryn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380727412 ISBN-13: 9780380727414 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1996 Annotation: Set during the time of the Spanish Inquisition, this hypnotic, luminous, and original novel by the critically acclaimed author of Exposure tells the story of two young women--a silk grower's daughter and a queen--struggling to survive in an atmosphere poisonous to passion, creativity and love. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 94027636 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.27" W x 8.02" (0.65 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Francisca de Luarac, the daughter of a poor Spanish silk grower, is a dreamer of fabulous dreams. Marie Louise de Bourbon, the niece of Louis XIV, dances in slippers of fine Spanish silk in the French Court of the Sun King and imagines her own enchanted future. Born on the same day--in an age when superstition, repression, and the Inquisition reign--the lives of these two young women unfold in tandem, barely touching. Each hoards the memory of her adored lost mother like an amulet. Francica's obsession with her lover, a Catholick priest, will shaper her fate. Marie Loouise is yoked by political expediency to the mad, imptoent Carlos II of Spain. But even as their twin destinies spiral inexorably toward disaster, both Queen and commoner cultivate a dangerous, secret life dedicated to resistance, transcendence, and love. Written in gorgeous prose that has the sheen of silk, Kathryn Harrison's POISON vividlyreminds us of the persistence of desire, the passion that exists between mothers and daughters, and the sorcery of dreams. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harrison, Kathryn: - Kathryn Harrison is a graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Her first novel, Thicker Than Water, was a New York Times Notable Book of 1991. Her second novel, Exposure, was also a New York Times Notable Book, and a national bestseller. She lives in New York City with her husband, the writer Colin Harrison. |