Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Barker, Howard,

Titel

The ecstatic bible : a new testament

Auflage

1st ed

Ort / Verlag

London : Oberon Books,, London : Bloomsbury Publishing,

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Link zum Volltext

• Bloomsbury Drama Online Oberon Books Collection 2 (ROW)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Front cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Characters; PARADISE, COERCION AND PARADISE; A BIRTH; AN OPPORTUNITY; AN ESCAPE; AN IMPERTINENCE; A CONTRACT; AN INTRUSION; A SLEEP; A WALL; A PESTILENCE; A MEDAL; A POSTCARD; THE OBSCURE DELIGHTS OF SERVITUDE; PENITENCE, ITS CHARM AND LEVITY; THE POWERFUL IMPRESSIONS CREATED BY RELUCTANCE; ELIZABETH; THE PATHOS OF THIEVES; THE COMPELLING ATTRACTION OF UNREPENTANT CHARACTERS; A PAIR OF SCALES; AN ANIMAL IN PARADISE; THE UNVISITED SHELVES OF THE LIBRARY; THE RECOLLECTIONS OF A HAIRDRESSER; CLOACA MAXIMA
• THE SACRED CHARACTER OF ASSIGNATIONSEXILE; THE SOLITUDE OF THE MARGINS; A MUSEUM; A SLEEPING SICKNESS; A LITTLE THEATRE
• A New Testament informed by the turmoil ofthe twentieth century, The Ecstatic Bible is a series of interlocking narratives based around the 100-year courtship of a faithless priest and a woman whose decision to abandon free will and collude with every circumstance leads them into extraordinary situations both comic and horrific. Passionate and provocative, this bible of amorality is driven by a wildly inventive plot and language rich in poetry and humour.