El Ultimo Judio (Spanish Edition) - Hardcover

Gordon, Noah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8440694539 ISBN 13: 9788440694539

Publisher: EDB FICCION, 1999

Synopsis

Alone in front of abandoned houses, Yonah sat in the shade of a banana tree. Distracted he drew four points on the ground: one stood for the Old Christians of Spain, another the Muslims and the third for New Christians. The fourth point represented himself, Yonah ben Helkias Toledano, a Spanish Jew whose brother and father were murdered in late 15th century Toledo. Deep in his heart he longed to be Jewish like them, but he had become forced to live a different existence. Now, his true religion has become one of survival, moving from place to place to avoid the dreaded Inquisition. He was always a solitary man and had always remained on society's periphery.

Blurb in Spanish: "Solo delante de las casas abandonadas, Yonah se sentó a la sombra de un plátano. Trazó distraídamente cuatro puntos en la tierra: uno representaba a los cristianos viejos de España, otro a los moros y el tercero a los cristianos nuevos. El cuarto punto representaba a Yonah ben Helkias Toledano. Sabía que no era un judío como su padre ni las generaciones que lo habían precedido. En lo más hondo de su corazón hubiera deseado ser como ellos, pero ya se había convertido en otra cosa. Ahora su verdadera religión era la de ser un judío de simple supervivencia. Se había dedicado a vivir en solitario y se había mantenido siempre al margen de todo."

About this title

About the Author:

Noah Gordon is the author of The Death Committee, Matters of Choice, The Physician, Rabbi, and Shaman, which earned him the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for the best historical novel of 1992. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: EDB FICCION
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 8440694539
• ISBN 13: 9788440694539
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464