Disobedience - From the author of The Power, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017
Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
Auflage | 2007 |
Seiten | 288 |
Format | 12,9 x 19,8 x 1,8 cm |
B-format | |
Gewicht | 194 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0141025956 |
EAN | 9780141025957 |
Bestell-Nr | 14102595EA |
In a cramped synagogue in north-west London, the eminent elderly rabbi passes away. On the other side of the Atlantic, his estranged daughter, Ronit, hears of her father's death and returns to London for the funeral. This is an entertaining portrayal of characters caught between two worlds, and an exploration of sexuality, tolerance and faith.
From the author of The Power, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction
'Sharp, funny and poignant' - Hilary Mantel
Ronit has left London and transformed her life. She has become a cigarette-smoking, wise-cracking, New York career woman, who is in love with a married man.
But when Ronit's father dies she is called back into the very different world of her childhood, a world she thought she had left far behind. The orthodox Jewish suburb of Hendon, north London is outraged by Ronit and her provocative ways. But Ronit is shocked too by the confrontation with her past. And when she meets up with her childhood girlfriend Esti, she is forced to think again about what she has left behind.
Funny, tender and insightful - Guardian
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Funny, tender and insightful Guardian