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?
“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
Eliette Abécassis 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'Académie Française' and the 'Prix Femina', Sacred was awarded the 'Prix des écrivains croyants'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780953675784 |
| ISBN 10 | 0953675785 |
| Title | Sacred |
| Author | Eliette Abecassis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| 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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