_Afterlives of the Saints_ is a woven gathering of groundbreaking essays that move through Renaissance anatomy and the Sistine Chapel, Borges' "Library of Babel," the history of spontaneous human combustion, the dangers of masturbation, the pleasures of castration, "and so forth" -- each essay focus
Afterlives of the Saints: Stories from the Ends of Faith
โ Scribed by Dickey, Colin
- Book ID
- 108076263
- Publisher
- Unbridled Books
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 415 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781609530723
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Afterlives of the Saints is a woven gathering of groundbreaking essays that move through Renaissance anatomy and the Sistine Chapel, Borges' "Library of Babel," the history of spontaneous human combustion, the dangers of masturbation, the pleasures of castration, "and so forth" -- each essay focusing on the story of a particular (and particularly strange) saint.
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