On rainy, wind-tossed Galveston Isle, a young man struggles with his beautiful girlfriend, his future and his life here and now. Working in a beach front knick-knack shop and too poor to go to college, he sees more of life along the beach than he ever could otherwise. But he can't deny the truth: Things are going so badly that danger and disillusion haunt his very footsteps. Strange and mystical happenings on this historic island, demolished by the terrible hurricane of 1900, pull him in relentlessly and build to a shattering climax producing nightmarish death and an astounding revelation.

Theatre and Religion on Krishna s Stage examines the history and form of India's ras lila folk theatre, and discusses how this theatre functions as a mechanism of worship and spirituality among Krishna devotees in India. From analyses of performances and conversations with performers, audience, and local scholars, Mason argues that ras lila actors and audience alike actively assume roles that locate them together in the spiritual reality that the play represents. Correlating Krishna devotion and theories of religious experience, this book suggests that the emotional experience of theatrical...