the sacred and profane, with grace and suspense."" (Apr.) Science and mysticism, ghosts and hard-edged cop work combine to stunning effect in this first novel set in Native American lands of Colorado.

Medieval culture delighted in ambiguity and juxtaposition; there was no sense that the sacred should be separated from the bodily, the funny, even the profane. Each book reflects its patron.

What was overcome was not only the exterior obstacle of an unsatisfactory literary form of the Old Latin Bible, but above all the interior obstacle of a book that was no longer just a document of ...

The sacred is sacred. The sacred is for the priests to protect. On opening night, the ark of wisdom is brought out for the world to see. People say that once, at the launch of a new Andrus Kivirähk ...