Sacrifice of Isaac

Neil Gordon

ISBN 10: 0679437045 / ISBN 13: 9780679437048

Published by Random House, New York USA, 1995

About this Item

This book is the dazzling and controversial story of fraticide, fatherhood, and the secrets of Israel. In this remarkable debut, the author has written a sophisticated novel that takes readers on a powerful psychological journey of suspense while raising unsettling questions about assumptions of Israeli righteousness and German guilt.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sacrifice of Isaac
• Publisher: Random House, New York USA
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679437045
• ISBN 13: 9780679437048
• Binding: Cloth & Boards
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

For twenty-six-year-old Luke Benami, life has always been a study in absolutes: black and white, good and evil, truth and lies. A father hailed as a national hero, a pioneer in the birth of Israel. A brother scorned as an army deserter, a criminal on the run. But his father's sudden death will change everything Luke has ever known or believed...about his father, his history, his homeland.

Searching for his estranged brother, Luke finds only Danni's lover in Paris and his business partner in Florence, both claiming to know nothing of his whereabouts. Danni has undertaken his own quest, into the heart of a dark secret that has long haunted the family. It will become Luke's quest too, taking them both into a dangerous world of moral ambiguity, desperate choices, and profound betrayal.

Spellbinding and provocative, Sacrifice of Isaac is the stunning debut of a remarkable talent.


From the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Neil Gordon is currently managing editor of The Reader's Catalog and the literary editor of The Boston Review.