The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781585670222 (1585670227)
ASIN: 1585670227
Publish date: 2000-04
Publisher: Overlook Press
Pages no: 318
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Jewish,
Religion,
Portugal,
Portuguese Literature,
Fiction,
Historical
bookshelves: teh-brillianz, books-about-books-and-book-shops, historical-fiction, mystery-thriller, published-1997 Read in January, 2001 I must get around to a re-read of this. Sold in six countries and repeatedly back to press here in the U.S., The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon is an international...
The Last Kabbalist Of Lisbon is an amazing read. The tinder of plague, the wood of drought and the flame of religious intolerance begin a wildfire of riots against the Jews or "New Christians" in the Lisbon massacre of April 1506. During the onset of the riots the lead character, Berekiah Zarco, d...
I must get around to a re-read of this.
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