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  • SOULCATCHER. by Austin, Barbara.
    Austin, Barbara.
    SOULCATCHER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (second book) set in a California convent perched high above the Pacific Ocean, with "six nuns and one prurient priest, falling away day by day - a book as recessive as the life there which is in turn a reduction of the world outside to pain, loneliness and violence." The author herself spent 5 years in a convent before leaving the religious life. 190 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-030075661.

    Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (remainder dot, chip to front cover of dj).

    Book ID: 87339
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  • THE TWO NUNS. by Hure, Anne.
    Hure, Anne.
    THE TWO NUNS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Sheed and Ward, (1964) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel about two lives dedicated to the service and God, and two minds at war on how to do this; The author had herself entered a convent. Originally published in French as Deux Mondiales in 1962, and a finalist for the Prix Goncourt; translated into English by Emma Crawford. 221pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (a tight copy, but with some light edgewear to the dj, orig price of 4.00 still present)

    Book ID: 66850
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  • STRANGE LOOP. by Prantera, Amanda.
    Prantera, Amanda.
    STRANGE LOOP.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - "Ludwig, a confirmed rationalist and distinguished professor of philosophy, returns as a guest to the convent where, as a young man after the war, he had become attracted to a mysterious figure in a convent turret" - a young woman, a refugee from the war, who believed she was (or who was) a werewolf. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-525243054.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75691
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  • Prantera, Amanda.
    STRANGE LOOP.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - "Ludwig, a confirmed rationalist and distinguished professor of philosophy, returns as a guest to the convent where, as a young man after the war, he had become attracted to a mysterious figure in a convent turret" - a young woman, a refugee from the war, who believed she was (or who was) a werewolf. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-525243054.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 83901
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  • LYING AWAKE. by Salzman, Mark.
    Salzman, Mark.
    LYING AWAKE.

    Edition: 4th printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel set in a Carmelite convent just outside modern Los Angeles. 8 illustrations by Stephanie Shieldhouse. SIGNED on the title page. 181 pp. ISBN: 0-3754052328.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (as new)

    Book ID: 59979
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