Other
Books by Florence Weinberg
Forthcoming
Book: Sonora Moonlight, Sonora, 1761-62:
Father Ygnacio Pfefferkorn, SJ, suffering from acute
malaria, is transferred to a new mission, Guevavi in
present-day Arizona. Healed by a Pima medicine man:
Jevho and his half-Pima, half-Irish nurse-assistant
Patricia O'Meara, he becomes obsessed with converting
Jevho to Christianity. A grisly murder by beheading
and crucifixion is discovered near the mission, and
Ygnacio sets about solving the crime, fearing his mission
Indians will be blamed. Suspects abound in the small
Irish ranching community and among Jevho's people, and
Ygnacio repeatedly risks his life in pursuit of the
murderer. Patricia, in love with both the priest and
Jevho, must choose between cultures, native or European.
Meanwhile, Ygnacio builds up the mission but his superiors
fear he is too flexible in accepting native beliefs
and practices, too influenced by the medicine man. Ygnacio
wonders why his converts spend so much time away from
the mission. Storm clouds gather….
Release
date is expected to be September 15.
I
have withdrawn my early mystery novels, Sonora
Wind, Ill Wind and I'll Come to Thee by
Moonlight from the market. Any copy still to
be found in used book stores is to be considered 'collectible.'
Completely rewritten, revised, enhanced new editions
will be forthcoming from Twilight Times Books sometime
in 2008--I trust--and together with The Storks
of La Caridad, they will form a trilogy. Titles
are: Sonora Moonlight (volume 1), Sonora
Wind (vol. 2) and The Storks of La Caridad
(vol. 3). I will shortly be starting a fourth Ignaz
Pfefferkorn mystery, to cover events after his release
from Spanish prison, when he finds himself back in a
very changed German environment. Should I call the new
book Home, Home on the Rhine?
Also by Florence Weinberg:
 Longs
désirs: Louise Labé, Lyonnaise
(Translated
by Myriam McGinnis)
Sa
vie est un roman! Ces pages évoquent la vie de Louise
Labé, Lyonnaise, à travers les voix de ceux qui l'ont
connue et qu'elle a touchés par son amitié ou son amour,
par son inimitié aussi. Leurs voix, leurs souvenirs
ajoutés aux siens constituent aussi un mémorial du destin
de Lyon. Au XVIe siècle, la prospérité de Lyon attire
les esprits les plus subtils et les plus créateurs de
France. François Rabelais y séjourne comme médecin à
l'Hôtel Dieu. Un grand nombre de poètes comme Pontus
de Tyard, Louise Labé ou Pernette du Guillet se sont
réunis pour former un groupe appelé l'Ecole de Lyon,
dont le véritable chef de file est Maurice Scève. La
ville attire également des écrivains et des poètes de
premier plan comme Clément Marot.
Louise
acquiert au collège mixte de la Trinité de Lyon une
grande partie de son savoir, de son aisance. Elle devient
humaniste, poétesse d'avant garde et animatrice respectée
d'un salon littéraire et artistique. Mais jalousée,
calomniée et démolie, sa courbe de vie, depuis la promesse
initiale jusqu'à la grandeur et la destruction, fait
écho au destin de Lyon, qui, avec la renaissance du
commerce,
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Editions Lyonnaises
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est
montée jusqu'à devenir un des grands centres européens
de la banque, des arts et de la culture, pour retomber
sous les coups d'un conflit religieux transformé en
guerre, de la ruine financière, de la dépression économique
et finalement de la peste.
Un
ouvrage au souffle épique, un récit que l'on ne quitte
pas…
L'auteur,
Florence Weinberg, est professeur de français à l'Université
de Trinity de San Antonio au Texas. Ses études sur Rabelais
en font une spécialiste de la littérature française
de la Renaissance.
"Florence
Weinberg reconstructs Lyon's spiritual, cultural, literary,
and economic life with painstaking attention, with gusto,
refinement and credibility. We can call this interesting
and original book whatever we want: fictional biography,
love story, the history of a poetic passion. What is
certain is that this novel is captivating, well-constructed,
serious, at times brilliant, well-anchored historically
in a period rendered with meticulous care, illuminated
by characters brimming with life, power and passion.
I can attest without fear of contradiction that in publishing
this book, Editions Lyonnaises showed both flair and
inspiration."
--Valeriu Stancu, Editor-in-Chief of Cronica,
Revista de Cultura, a Romanian literary review,
of June, 2004
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