Sacred Eliette Abecassis

Name: Sacred By Eliette Abecassis
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Sacred by Eliette Abecassis

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Summary

Tells a love story of a young woman, living in Jerusalem who is longing for a child with her husband. Spurned by her community for failing to conceive a child, her husband is forced by custom to reject her. Does she dare to tell the truth - or will she let her beloved husband, the son of the Rabbi, marry another?

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Sacred by Eliette Abecassis

Filmed as Kadosh by Amos Gitai; Selected for the Cannes Film Festival Sacred is the moving love story of a young woman, living in the ultra-orthodox community in Jerusalem. Spurned by her community for failing to conceive a child in ten years of marriage, her husband is forced by custom to reject her. Should she tell the truth about his infertility - or watch while her husband, the son of the Rabbi, marries another?

Sacred Reviews

In Rachel and Naomi, Abecassis creates two powerful and sympathetic heroines, and the power and beauty of her writing renders their story both heartbreaking and hypnotic. Observer A terrifying book on the feminine condition. Le Figaro

About Eliette Abecassis

Eliette Abecassis was born in 1969, teaches philosophy and has specialised in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. She has also written The Qumran Mystery, The Treasure of the Temple, The Gold and the Ashes and My Father. Nominated for the 'Grand Prix du roman de l'Academie Francaise' and the 'Prix Femina', Sacred was awarded the 'Prix des ecrivains croyants'.

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Sku

GOR007594262

ISBN 13

9780953675784

ISBN 10

0953675785

Title

Sacred by Eliette Abecassis

Author

Eliette Abecassis

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Aurora Metro Publications

Year published

2002-11-27

Number of pages

144

Prizes

Winner of The Ecrivian Croyant Literary Prize 2001 (France)

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