Mariette in Ecstasy explained

Mariette in Ecstasy
Author:	Ron Hansen
Pub Date:	1991
Subject:	Catholic Church, religious ecstasy
Genre:	Fiction
Publisher:	E. Burlingame Books/HarperCollins^[1]
Pages:	179
Isbn:	9780060182144

Mariette in Ecstasy is a 1991 novel written by Ron Hansen.^[2] it is set in a convent in New York in 1906.^[3] It is defined as a "wonderful and strange novel" and it is "beautifully described".^[4]

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.^[5]

In 1996 it was adapted into a film but it was never released because the production company went bankrupt.^[6] In 2009, it was adapted for the stage and produced at Lifeline Theatre in Chicago.^[7] 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.^[8]

Notes and References

1. https://historical.ha.com/itm/books/signed-editions/ron-hansen-mariette-in-ecstasy-new-york-edward-burlingame-books-an-imprint-of-harpercollins-publishers-/a/6048-38664.s
2. News: Her Imitation of Christ . Patricia . Hampl . Patricia Hampl . 20 October 1991 . 24 January 2019 . . 7011 . The New York Times Company.
3. The Line Between Holiness and Madness in Ron Hansen’s Mariette in Ecstasy . 27 August 2018 . 24 January 2019 . Jane Clark . Scharl . . Perceptions Studio.
4. Web site: Mariette in Ecstasy: A spiritual wellspring of a novel . Elizabeth . Scalia . 16 August 2016 . 24 January 2019 . Aleteia.
5. Web site: Ron Hansen . 24 January 2019 . . 1995.
6. Book: Brown, Dale . Conversations with American Writers: The Doubt, the Faith, the In-Between . registration . Dale Brown . . 14 April 2008 . 162 . 9780802862280.
7. Web site: MARIETTE IN ECSTASY Premieres at Lifeline Theater 2/13 . 16 October 2008 . 22 January 2019 . . Wisdom Digital Media.
8. Web site: Mariette in Ecstasy (2019) Trivia . IMDb.com . 7 August 2021.