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Rabbi by Noah Gordon
He was a young American rabbi. She was his beautiful Christian wife. Together they tried to forge a life . . ."This big, ambitious novel comes as close to matters of faith and life as any book that has appeared. . . . Excellent."--New York Post
First and foremost, Michael Kind was a man--a courageous man with strong ideals and feelings, a family man devoted to his two children, a passionate man deeply in love with his wife Leslie. He'd already become a rabbi when he met Leslie, a minister's daughter. She fell in love with Michael and converted to Judaism to marry him.
This is their story, a sweeping drama of love and identity, of compassion and cruelty, a searing tale of one man and one woman who must learn to cope with the complications of an unorthodox life in a world that will not accept them, in a world where rabbis and non-Jews do not fall in love--let alone marry . . .
"A human and enlightening portrait of a rabbi as a man, called upon constantly to be something more than a man: of a rabbi as a husband and father with the weakness and problems of other men . . . A rewarding reading experience."--Los Angeles Times
Noah Gordon has had tremendous worldwide success, with his trilogy The Physician, Shaman, and Issues of Choice selling more than eight million copies in Germany alone. The James Fenimore Cooper Award for Shaman was given to him by the Society of American Historians as the greatest historical book of 1991/1992. He was also named Writer of the Year by the Bertelsmann Book Club's readers, and he won the Silver Basque Award for Spain's best-selling novel twice, in 1992 and 1995. The Rabbi, a previous novel, spent 26 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Noah Gordon resides in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780449214541 |
| ISBN 10 | 0449214540 |
| Title | Rabbi |
| Author | Noah Gordon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1987-08-12 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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