![]() ![]() In his third novel, Lying Awake, Mark Salzman breaks the primary rule of fiction by creating a protagonist who has virtually no external life. Lying Awake is a novel of remarkable empathy and imagination, and Mark Salzman's most provocative work to date. With extraordinary dexterity, the author of the best-selling Iron & Silk and The Soloist brings to life the mysterious world of the cloister, giving us a brilliantly realized portrait of women today drawn to the rigors of an ancient religious life, and of one woman's trial at the perilous intersection of faith and reason. This is the dilemma at the heart of Mark Salzman's spare, astonishing new novel. ![]() For if her spiritual gifts are symptoms of illness rather than grace, will a "cure" mean the end of her visions and a soul once again dry and searching? ![]() And there, she alone experiences visions of such dazzling power and insight that she is looked upon as a spiritual master.īut Sister John's visions are accompanied by powerful headaches, and when a doctor reveals that they may be dangerous, she faces a devastating choice. Sister John of the Cross has spent years there in the service of God. In a Carmelite monastery outside present-day Los Angeles, life goes on in a manner virtually un-changed for centuries. ![]()
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