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There is Mary of Magdala visionary and wandering perhaps Jeshuas wife thereis his mother Mary tough charismatic earthy ultimately desolated by hisloss and there is Mary of Bethany the girl who followed Jeshua in his lastdays and has to bear the burden of her undying brother Lazarus for decadesafterwards. Outcasts because of their sex yet possessors between them of somefragmented sense of the true ineffable nature of Christ the man and Christ themessiah they are presented with luminous tragic humanity and given propervoice at last. Paul Park is one of contemporary American literatures mostsubtle and original explorers of religious experience. As exotic in coloringand as rich in understanding as his superb science fantasy novels Three Marysis a masterpiece of historical and spiritual reconstruction. «
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