Milton P. Ryder

Salomé

Fiction

“"Painters, playwrights, and composers typically have interpreted the role of Salome as one of dangerous, feminine seductiveness. Instead, author Rutka focuses on the tension between Salome's love for her mother and sister. Here we meet one who's not merely a sultry, dancing girl, but a sensitive artist displaying feelings; no longer a goddess of immorality, but a disciple of forgiveness; not so much a shallow contortionist as a human being caught in a moral twist. It's refreshing!”