The Washington Post, October 16th, 2005
HUNGER'S BRIDES A Novel of the Baroque By Paul Anderson Carroll & Graf. 1,358 pp. $35 At the age of 16, Juana Ines Ramirez de Santillana y Asbaje -- the illegitimate offspring of an illiterate, if prosperous, mother and an absent father -- was summoned by the scholars of Mexico's viceregal court for an oral examination to determine if her famed knowledge of history, mythology, theology, literature and languages was genuine. It was. The legend of her all-encompassing mind crossed the Atlantic to Europe, where she became known as America's Tenth Muse. In our day, we know her simply as Sor Juana...
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