Cry of the Peacock
Peacock the Jew is nine years old and living in the Esfahan ghetto when she marries Solomon the Man. She is the descendant of a three-thousand-year-old tribe of Jews -- the oldest community in diaspora, a people largely unknown to the outside world. He is a singer in the royal court, a wealthy...
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Peacock the Jew is nine years old and living in the Esfahan ghetto when she marries Solomon the Man. She is the descendant of a three-thousand-year-old tribe of Jews -- the oldest community in diaspora, a people largely unknown to the outside world. He is a singer in the royal court, a wealthy man known for his good looks and his charm. A decade later, she will become the
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780743403375 (0743403371)
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
I didn't think I would be able to finish this book, after I was about fifty pages in and the constant stream of violence and filth-imagery (a sub-genre of contemporary female writing that seems for some to confer some sort of "realist" legitimacy) had not abated. However, I persevered, and was rewar...
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