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| Author | Ron Hansen |
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| Subject | Catholic Church, religious ecstasy |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | E. Burlingame Books/HarperCollins |
| Publication date | 1991 |
| Pages | 179 |
| ISBN | 9780060182144 |
Mariette in Ecstasy is a 1991 novel written by Ron Hansen. it is set in a convent in New York in 1906. It is defined as a "wonderful and strange novel" and it is "beautifully described".
In 1992 it received the Barnes and Noble Discover Award, the Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal in Fiction and the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association 1992 Award in Fiction.
In 1996 it was adapted into a film but it was never released because the production company and intended distributor, Savoy Pictures, who is co-producing the film with Price Entertainment and Rastar, went bankrupt. In 2009, it was adapted for the stage and produced at Lifeline Theatre in Chicago. In 2019 the film was shown for the first time at the Camerimage International Film Festival by director John Bailey, during a retrospective of his career.
References
- Hampl, Patricia (20 October 1991). "Her Imitation of Christ". NY Times. The New York Times Company. p. 7011. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- Scharl, Jane Clark (27 August 2018). "The Line Between Holiness and Madness in Ron Hansen's Mariette in Ecstasy". Crisis Magazine. Perceptions Studio. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- Scalia, Elizabeth (16 August 2016). "Mariette in Ecstasy: A spiritual wellspring of a novel". Aleteia. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- "Ron Hansen" (PDF). Santa Clara University. 1995. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- Brown, Dale (14 April 2008). Conversations with American Writers: The Doubt, the Faith, the In-Between. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 162. ISBN 9780802862280.
- Variety Staff (15 May 1995). "FOREIGN FILMS". Variety. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- "MARIETTE IN ECSTASY Premieres at Lifeline Theater 2/13". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2019.