The Book of the Night

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The cover of the 1986 The Women's Press edition.

The Book of the Night is a 1984 book by Rhoda Lerman.

Synopsis

From the back cover blurb:

On the island of Iona, where the old Celtic gods fight against the rising power of Rome, where science and religion are locked in combat, Celeste, girl-child disguised as a boy, reaches puberty. The awakeninmg of powerful sexual desire pushes her into chaos that exists behind the apparent order of nature and the created order of human culture.

Publications

  • Sep 1984, New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, ISBN 0-03-071081-2. (hardcover)
  • Mar 1986, London, UK: The Women's Press, ISBN 0-7043-3991-9. (paperback) cover art by Jane Furst
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