Our Lady of Babylon: A Novel (Books That Changed the World)

By: John Rechy

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Synopsis: &“A funny, sexy, stylistically elegant, tongue-in-cheek rewriting of history&” from the New YorkTimes–bestselling author of City of Night (Booklist). A retelling of the stories of the fallen women of history, recounted by an eighteenth-century lady who realizes that these women&’s lives bear a remarkable resemblance to her own. Told by a mystic that her dreams are memories of past lives, she must face the public to vindicate all women falsely accused of crimes. &“Mr. Rechy&’s renditions of these seemingly familiar stories can . . . be surprisingly fresh, creating an ominous sense of tragedy and doom.&” —The New York Times Book Review &“With a colorful ribbon of feminist revisionism festooning its New Age wrapping, Rechy&’s latest novel indulges in past-life grandiosity and some scandalous speculation about the erotic lives of Adam, Medea and Jesus, among others.&” —Publishers Weekly &“Subversive and quite funny . . . A fictional absolution of women known historically as &‘whores&’ . . . framed by a deadly serious look at erotic history and a formidable exploration of the power of words and their interpretation to alter our existence.&” —Booklist &“Rechy writes gracefully, and sometimes poignantly, of the fate of fallen women over the centuries.&” —The Washington Post