Pearl Abraham si addentra nell'intricata interazione tra tradizione e modernità, esplorando la ricerca dell'identità nella diaspora. La sua prosa seziona magistralmente profonde emozioni e tensioni culturali con acuta intuizione psicologica. Abraham interroga temi di fede, famiglia e appartenenza, spesso illuminando le vite interiori di personaggi che navigano tra mondi disparati. Offre ai lettori una ricca esplorazione delle esperienze di coloro che si sforzano di riconciliare la propria eredità con il proprio presente.
Pearl Abraham--who grew up in a Hasidic community herself--presents the story of Rachel, a girl caught between the strictly controlled world of ultra Orthodox Judaism and the seductive yearnings of her own heart. Both a coming-of-age story and a brave, beautifully rendered expose of a hidden, insular world . . . heartrending.--Elle.
A modern-day young man becomes obsessed with the life and teachings of the legendary nineteenth-century Chasidic master Nachman of Bratslava, a kabbalist, storyteller, and charismatic spiritual leader who developed a cult following, in a novel intertwined with a translation of Nachman's Yiddish tales, including his "Tales of the Seven Beggars." Reprint.
Deena, who defied the wishes of her father, a Hasidic scholar, to marry the non-Hasidic Daniel, must come to terms with betrayals, the nature of commitment, and her own spiritual needs and values. Reprint. Tour. NHT.
Bloemlezing van verhalen en romanfragmenten over zeventien bijzondere joodse vrouwenfiguren in de wereldliteratuur. Samenstelling en inleiding door Pearl Abraham
/ 9789029075688 / Literature translated into Dutch / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / paperback / 22 x 14 cm / 350 .pp /
Een chassidische student in New York raakt gefascineerd door de verhalen van de 19e-eeuwse kabbalist Nachman van Bratslav.
Hrsg. u. Red. Nannen, Henri ; Hecht, Axel 148 farb. Phot. n. pag.
