A young Jewish woman growing up in Germany in the mid 20th century and an African general hired by the Doge to command his armies in 16th century Venice - linked stories at times of personal crisis and momentous social conflict. 213pp. Signed by the author to the title page.

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Title: The Nature of Blood
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0571190731
ISBN 13: 9780571190737
Binding: Cloth
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Like his earlier works, the novels Cambridge and Crossing the River, Caryl Phillips's The Nature of Blood is made up of several stories that take place over a large span of time. The result of this innovative technique is that themes, characters, and incidents resonate against one another, and history is seen not as a straight line but as a circle or a spiral. In one story, a Jewish man abandons his family to fight for the state of Israel. In another, the Moor Othello, another soldier who has left his family, comes to Venice. There, he visits the Jewish ghetto and finds himself astounded that "they should choose to live in this manner." Phillips's most daring feat in this provocative and thoughtful novel, however, may be to write in the first person about a Holocaust survivor just after World War II.

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