The Changeling
A Novel
$47.99
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2005
Summary
Here, the author of the acclaimed Confessions of a Pagan Nun takes us to fourteenth-century Ireland for a strange and luminous tale of the elusive nature of identity and of triumph in adversity.
The Changeling is the story of Grey, a peasant girl who is raised as a boy, and who, until adolescence, never doubts herself to be male. The revelation of her womanhood marks the beginning of her journey through a succession of changing identities—including son, wife, warrior…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590301944 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590301943 |
| Author: | Kate Horsley |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2005 |
| Weight: | 482g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“Middlesex in the Middle Ages? Almost. In this complex, intelligent novel … Horsley raises thought-provoking questions of religion and identity. Told with rich detail, warmth, and wry wit.“— Publishers Weekly
“An unusual and beautiful story.“— Library Journal
“Horsley’s burgeoning following of readers who enjoy witty, passionate novels of ideas should enjoy this one and be stoked for more.“— Booklist
Kate Horsley
Kate Horsley lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and teaches creative writing at Central New Mexico Community College. A poet as well as a novelist, Horsley has a PhD in American Studies and has published five novels. Her book A Killing in a New Town was the winner of the 1996 Western States Book Award for Fiction.
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