The Nature of Blood - Hardcover

Phillips, Caryl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679454705 ISBN 13: 9780679454700

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1997

Synopsis

A German Jewish girl whose life is destroyed by the atrocities of World War II . . . her uncle, who undermines the sureties of his own life in order to fight for Israeli statehood . . . the Jews of a 15th-century Italian ghetto . . Othello, newly arrived in Venice . . . a young Ethiopian Jewish woman resettled in Israel. These are the extraordinary people who inhabit Caryl Phillips' eloquent and moving new novel, and whose stories are connected by circumstance, spirit, and blood across the centuries.

About this title

Review:

"An astonishing novel: ambitious, pithy, beautifully written and - above all - brave enough to tackle the great, public issues of our century without pity, prurience or maudlin sentiment" (Independent)

"A potent and ambitious fiction, a joy to read, and perhaps its authors best work to date" (Scotland on Sunday)

"Phillips is a cool stylist whose intricately structured work builds with a slow-burning, emotional power, and here is some of his finest writing to date" (Guardian)

"An extraordinarily perceptive and intelligent novel, and a haunting one" (New York Times)

Book Description:

An unforgettable novel about loss and persecution, courage and betrayal, and about the terrible pain and necessity of human memory.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0679454705
• ISBN 13: 9780679454700
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 212