Our Lady of Babylon

by John Rechy

An eighteenth-century lady haunted by dreams of infamous fallen women and their lovers realizes that these women's lives bear a remarkable resemblance to her own, and is told by a mystic that her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559703350
• ISBN13: 9781559703352
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

One of the most beautiful imagintive novels I've read.

Rechy retells familiar stories of sensuality and intrigue, includilng those of Adam and Eve, Salome and St. John, even Jesus and Judas--through the eyes of a woman who claims to have experienced or been a witness to all those lives. By turns tragic, funny, sensual, daring, mysterious, and moving, this novel is hard to put down. Can't understand why it wasn't a bestseller. Too daring, though beautifully written?