This beautifully written novel explores the
joys and sorrows of
passion during the
1880's. Fiercely independent Yana, a
Gypsy artist,
is led to Dr. Zastro's Sanitarium in New York City,
where this eminent
physician uses hypnotic powers and
electrical/magnetic
apparatus in successfully treating his female
patients.
Spirited Yana is his prime awakening in a world of
usually submissive
women, forcing him to question his medical
beliefs and structured
life. Sparks ignite from their very first
encounter, as
Phillipe, isolated in his world of science, Yana
fortressed in
her sphere of mysticism, collide in forays of deep
emotion.
Both defy their basic beliefs, succumbing to passions
of deep love,
bringing them to the brink of personal and
professional destruction
as they begin to see a world beyond
their rigid views. This
turn of the century narrative presents a
microcosm of America
in the 1880's and a histogram of the
human heart.
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