The convert : a novel
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Author
Contributors
McKay, David, 1973- translator.
Published
New York : Pantheon Books, [2019].
Status
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Main Library - Adult Fiction | Fiction Hertman | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Pantheon Books, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Color map on liner papers.
General Note
Originally published in the Netherlands as De bekeerlinge by De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, in 2016. Copyright © 2016 by Stefan Hertmans. This translation originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Harvill Secker, an imprint of Vintage Publishing, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2019.
Description
"The Middle Ages have just begun when Vigdis Adelaïs, a young woman from a prosperous French family, falls in love with David Todros, a student at the city's yeshiva, and the son of a rabbi. To be together, they must flee their city, Vigdis renouncing a life of privilege and comfort. Pursued by her father's knights and in constant danger of betrayal, the lovers embark on a dangerous journey to the south of France, only to find their brief happiness destroyed by the vicious wave of anti-Semitism that sweeps Europe with the onset of the First Crusade. Stefan Hertmans meticulously retraces Vigdis's epic journey, first across France and then beyond, to Palermo and the Middle East. Blending fact and fiction, and with immense imagination and stylistic ingenuity, he painstakingly imagines her terrible trials, bringing the Middle Ages to life, and illuminating a chaotic world of passion, hate, love, and death"-- Provided by publisher.
Language
Translated from the Dutch.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hertmans, S., & McKay, D. (2019). The convert: a novel (First United States edition.). Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hertmans, Stefan and David McKay. 2019. The Convert: A Novel. New York: Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hertmans, Stefan and David McKay. The Convert: A Novel New York: Pantheon Books, 2019.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Hertmans, S. and McKay, D. (2019). The convert: a novel. First United States edn. New York: Pantheon Books.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hertmans, Stefan,, and David McKay. The Convert: A Novel First United States edition., Pantheon Books, 2019.
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