Bibliograph

Afterlives of the saints:, stories from the ends of faith, Colin Dickey

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Afterlives of the saints:, stories from the ends of faith, Colin Dickey

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Afterlives of the saints:

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Colin Dickey

Sub title

stories from the ends of faith

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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