In premodern Germany, both the emerging centralized government and the powerful Catholic Church redefined gender roles for their own ends. Ulrike Strasser's int
We live in a cultural milieu in which it is no longer possible to have any confidence in external supports from society or the media to help one remain chaste -
A confident and mesmerizing fiction debut, from the winner of the Plimpton Prize Set in the South, at the crossroads of a world that is both secular and devoutl