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In 1911, in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem under the backward Ottoman rule, a young woman sets out to challenge God.
The feisty Esther’s life-long struggle between her passions and her strict society’s religious dictates sends her to secretly explore worlds outside her religion, city and... read more
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Summary edit
In Jerusalem in 1911 under the backward Ottoman rule, the feisty Esther begins a life-long struggle between her passions and her society’s unbending religious traditions. Her talent for art sends her to secretly explore worlds outside her religion, city and the Holy Land. It hurls her away... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Setting & Locations edit
Jewish life at the end of the Ottoman era when Zionism has begun, including the building of the city of Tel-Aviv later, and then Paris Jewish life between World Wars I and II and teh artistic avent-garde era.
First Sentence edit
Esther’s hand raced over the paper as if the colored pencils might be snatched from her, the quivering inside her wild, foreign, thrilling.
Glossary edit
- Yiddish-Arabic-French-Hebrew words: A full glossary is on the author's website: http://www.taliacarner.com/jm_glossary.html
Authors & Contributors edit
- Talia Carner (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 31, 2011
ISBN: 978-0062004376
Page Count: 400
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 31, 2011
ISBN: 978-0062004376
Page Count: 400
Awards edit
- Forward National Literature Award (November 2011: Historical fiction, #1)
- Editor's Choice Award in The New best Writing 2011 (November 2010: Excerpt, #1)
- Eric Hoffer Short Prose Award (2010: Second-place (tie))
- Pushcart Prize (2011: Nominated)
- Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (April 2009: Semi-finalist)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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- Talia Carner: Read reviews, author bio, background information, photos of the era
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