Born in 1515, Teresa of Avila outwitted the Spanish Inquisition and was a key reformer of the Carmelite Order.
Her experience of ecstasy, which she intimately described in her writings, released her from her body and led to a complete realization of her consciousness, a state Kristeva explores about present-day political failures, religious fundamentalism, and cultural malaise.
One of Kristeva's most passionate and transporting works, Teresa, My Love interchanges biography, autobiography, analysis, dramatic dialogue, musical scores, and images of paintings.
This book is written with force, drive, and verbal agility, that carries the reader away and turns the book into a page-turner. said Verena Conley of Harvard University.
