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A Stolen Tongue
A Stolen Tongue
Author: Sheri Holman
It is 1483. Father Felix Fabri has set sail from Germany to Mount Sinai on a pilgrimage to venerate the relics of the spiritual bride he took when he first swore his vows, the martyr Saint Katherine of Alexandria. Joined by a disturbed young woman who claims that Saint Katherine speaks through her, and her older brother whose intentions are neve...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780385491242
ISBN-10: 0385491247
Publication Date: 1/20/1998
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
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2.9 stars, based on 17 ratings
Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Heloise avatar reviewed A Stolen Tongue on
Helpful Score: 2
Father Felix Fabri is a 15th-century monk on a pilgrimage to Alexandria, Egypt, to visit his "wife," Saint Katherine. Katherine is long dead and her body parts are in reliquaries in several countries. Father Felix is traveling to Sinai, where she was martyred. But along the way he finds that all her parts have been stolen.
This is a good read for those interested in the Middle Ages.
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From Amazon: "The narrator of Sheri Holman's debut novel is Father Felix Fabri, a 15th-century monk on a pilgrimage to Alexandria, Egypt, to visit his "wife," Saint Katherine. The fact that Katherine is long dead, her various body parts distributed among reliquaries from Greece to Palestine, does not dilute Felix's passion for his spiritual mate. Indeed, from the day he first offered himself to her as a boy, it has been his life's ambition to travel to the Sinai, where she was martyred, visiting each relic along the way. But every time Felix arrives at one of these holy places, he finds a piece of Katherine gone. First her hand, then her ear, then her tongue -- all stolen."

This is a very odd book about saint's relics, a monk on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and a madwoman. By the end of the book, I was starting to believe most of the other characters were mad, as well. The plot moves slowly, and the mystery is illogical at times, but the book is filled with fascinating information about religion and travel in the Middle Ages.


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