Exiles

Exiles

by RonHansen (Author)

Synopsis

In December 1875 the steamship Deutschland left Bremen, bound for America. On board were five nuns, exiled by a ban on religious orders, bound to begin their lives anew in Missouri - their journey would end when the Deutschland ran aground at the mouth of the Thames and sank. Ron Hansen tells their harrowing story, but also that of the poet and seminarian Gerard Manly Hopkins, and how the shipwreck moved him to write a grand poem, a revelatory work read throughout the world today. This title combines a thrilling tragedy at sea, with the seeming shipwreck of Hopkins' own life.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Picador
Published: 03 Aug 2009

ISBN 10: 0312428340
ISBN 13: 9780312428341

Media Reviews
Hansen brilliantly, if soberly, weaves two interrelated story lines into a riveting novel (Booklist).
Author Bio
Ron Hansen is the author of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which was made into a motion picture starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck in 2007