The Ballad Of St. Katherine: A Novella And Stories

Katherine is a strange Bronx girl who "hears" the voices of the constellations. Abetted by a building super and a disgraced NASA administrator, she becomes a revered faith healer, only to be betrayed by her inner voice, when it tells her to have a child. Set in eras ranging from the sixties to the near future, Simon's stories blend sexual tension, religious feeling, intellect and madness into a compelling brew. In a senior-living facility, a man plots murder with a woman he believes to be a famous author. A philosophy professor and her boyfriend contemplate suicide. Their every move followed by cameras, the contestants in a reality show need to complete a "main task," but no one knows what it is. After years on the run from the F.B.I., a bank robber enters a monastery, while his lover/accomplice stews in boredom. In the words of one of Simon's characters: "The sacred and the profane lie close together, separated by the thinnest membrane, almost nothing." Breeching this boundary, The Ballad of St. Katherine presents a fascinating set of personalities, some slain by their obsessions, others able to come to terms with their lives, or their deaths. 9781491749586 149174958X 285 Fiction NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=0v_pBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: Norman Simon
• • Publisher: Iuniverse
• • Publication Date: Dec 17, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 282 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 149174958X
• • ISBN-13: 9781491749586