title: SANCTUARY: A Tale of Life in the Woods
author:  Paul Monette 
description: In Paul Monette's deceptively simple fable, <i>Sanctuary</i>, Renarda the fox and Lapine the rabbit fall in love in an enchanted forested watched over by a benevolent witch. That Renarda and Lapine are both female and of different species proves no impediment to their love, until the witch mysteriously disappears and her familiar, the Great Horned Owl, takes over. Suddenly, the animals are advised to &quot;keep an ear cocked for any behavior that doesn't feel quite right,&quot; and all at once Renarda and Lapine are banished to separate parts of the forest. <P> Activist and writer Paul Monette authored six novels and four collections of poetry, including <A href="/exec/obidos/subst/lists/awards/nba-winners.html/${0}">National Book Award</A>-winner <A href="/exec/obidos/ISBN=0062507249/${0}">Becoming a Man</A>, before succumbing to AIDS in 1995. Renarda and Lapine's eventual triumph over the forces of fear and ignorance is an apt memorial for a man who led the fight against both for so many years.
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  Sanctuary
  
  
  
  
  
  A Noire Immortals Story
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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