Anderson, Paul: *1956

Hunger's Brides, 2004 - Information about the Book

  • General Information
    • The novel deals with the life of the 17th century Mexican scholar and poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, interwoven with a modern narrative.
    • Information from Wikipedia
  • Reviews
  • Paul Anderson talks
    • Author Paul Anderson talks about Hunger's Brides. SwissEduc. Zurich. Host: Hans Fischer; October 17, 2005
      part 1
      part 2
      • Excerpted from the above interview:
      • talks about Juana's story
        ,
        talks about Beulah's story
      • reads from Horus, Chapter Ascent, 2 P.M.

        and explains it
      • says what the novel is about
      • talks about the two mysteries
      • talks about historical facts and imagination
      • why Juana entered a convent

        and why she may have entered a strict convent first
      • talks about the conflict between the Church and reason
      • says Juana is the proto feminist
    • Author SwissEduc; host: Katrin Eckert; October 17, 2005
      Paul Anderson talks about Sor Juana
      part 1,
      part 2