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A family saga with a difference, The Book of Abraham opens on the backdrop of a burning Jerusalem in 70 CE as Abraham the Temple scribe flees the destruction of his home. Two thousand years and a hundred generations later, another Abraham perishes, immolated in the fires of the Warsaw Ghetto. But the chain that links these two Abrahams - a chain that stretches from Jerusalem to Warsaw through Rome, Alexandria, France and Greece - is one of family ties, and the unforgettable, powerful and poignant story that is told is that of one family; the author's own. This is a new edition of a phenomenal bestseller that has already sold over 5 million copies worldwide.
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A great novel. --Le Monde
A story of suffering and hope, longing and wandering, struggle and achievement...An exceptional book. --Shimon Peres
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A great novel. --Le Monde
A story of suffering and hope, longing and wandering, struggle and achievement...An exceptional book. --Shimon Peres
MAREK HALTER was born in Warsaw in 1936. When he was five, he and his family escaped from the Nazis by crawling through the sewers under the Warsaw Ghetto. He has lived in France since 1950. In addition to being a writer, Marek Halter is also an artist and a human rights activist and has served as president of the European Foundation for Science, Art and Culture. His book Le Fou et Les Rois, which recounts his experiences working for Middle East peace, won the Prix Aujourd'hui.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0002231360
- ISBN 13 9780002231367
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages731
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Black cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Map end papers.No owner's inscription. 722 pages clean and tight. The Book of Abraham is a dazzling work of historical fiction which spans two thousand years and a hundred generations of one Jewish family. It is also the fulfilment of a spectacular undertaking, for it is the history of Marek Halter's own family which has been traced. The book opens in 70 A.D. The legionnaires of the Emperor Titus are laying waste to Jerusalem after long years of siege and, after great hesitation and anguish, the scribe Abraham flees the burning city. It ends in 1943 when the printer Abraham Halter - the author's grandfather - perishes in the flames of the Warsaw Ghetto. In each of the intervening generations, at least one man follows the calling of the initiator of the family scroll. Scribe turns printer, and from the fifteenth century onwards The Book of Abraham is based on the Halter family records, revealing extraordinary documentary evidence about their lives. The descendants of the first Abraham travel from Alexandria to Rome, to Carthage and Constantinople, to Toledo, Troyes and Strasbourg, to Soncino, Amsterdam and Paris, and finally to Poland - places as vividly drawn as the characters involved. The result is a magnificent and biblical tale of ordinary men and women - peasants and bankers, workers and merchants, poets and scholars - whose lives, governed throughout by religion and exile, are recounted against the background of the great events of the past. As history and as fiction, The Book of Abraham is an epic both in its scope and its execution. Size: Lge 8vo. Seller Inventory # 117745
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1.15 kg; 722 pp., glossary, endpaper maps. Illustrated dustwrapper. This book is a dazzling work of historical fiction which spans 2000 years and 100 generations of one of Jewish family. It is also the fulfilment of a spectacular undertaking, for it is the history of Marek Halter's own family which has been traced. Translated by Lowell Bair. The only damage to note is the slight fading of the left hand side of the front panel of the dustjacket, And a short tear to the top of the rear fold over Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Judaica; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0002231360. ISBN/EAN: 9780002231367. Inventory No: 0266869. Seller Inventory # 0266869
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Pinsharp (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine and front folds slightly faded, corners slightly bruised, slight yellowing to page block, price clipped, small gift inscription to half title page, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 722pp, map endpapers. 'The Book of Abraham' is a historical novel written by French Jewish writer and activist Marek Halter (b. 1936), that documents the history (both factual and fictional) of his Jewish family. Although the early parts of the book are fictional, those parts taking place after the fifteenth century factually document the history of Marek Halter's family. Seller Inventory # 008662
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