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Mariette in Ecstasy
Ron Hansen. Harperperennial Library: 1992 (paperback). ISBN: 0060981180. 192 pages.
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Surely one of the most intriguing, most unusual, most deceptively simple, and flat out
creepiest novels ever written, Ron Hansen’s astonishing story must be read to be believed. This compact
little book delivers an absolute knockout in less than two hundred pages —- you’ll want to read slowly to make it last at
the same time that you’re tearing through the pages to find out what happens. We don’t want to say too much about the
subject matter, lest we spoil the surprise, but we’ll tell you what we can. This is the story of Mariette Baptiste, a
brand new postulant to the convent of Our Lady of Sorrows. None of the nuns know quite what to think of this brand new
novice, especially once she begins to manifest the unmistakable signs of a soul in ecstasy. But is Mariette’s alleged
connection to Christ the real deal, or the boldest of shams? Perhaps creepy isn’t the right word, but it’s something very
close to that—you may well feel the hair on the back of your neck rise as you follow the attempts to decipher a stupefying
mystery.
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