Rachel Kadish
Kindle Edition | Pages: 592 pages Rating: 4.14 | 19340 Users | 2864 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Weight of Ink |
| Author | : | Rachel Kadish |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 592 pages |
| Published | : | June 6th 2017 by Mariner Books (first published June 1st 2017) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Literature. Jewish |
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An intellectual and emotional jigsaw puzzle of a novel for readers of A. S. Byatt’s Possession and Geraldine Brooks’s People of the Book.Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history.
As the novel opens, Helen has been summoned by a former student to view a cache of seventeenth-century Jewish documents newly discovered in his home during a renovation. Enlisting the help of Aaron Levy, an American graduate student as impatient as he is charming, and in a race with another fast-moving team of historians, Helen embarks on one last project: to determine the identity of the documents’ scribe, the elusive “Aleph.”
Electrifying and ambitious, sweeping in scope and intimate in tone, The Weight of Ink is a sophisticated work of historical fiction about women separated by centuries, and the choices and sacrifices they must make in order reconcile the life of the heart and mind.
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| Original Title: | The Weight of Ink ASIN B01I4FPLUG |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | National Jewish Book Award for Book Club (2017) |
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Ratings: 4.14 From 19340 Users | 2864 ReviewsColumn Regarding Books The Weight of Ink
This is an absolutely marvelous book, although not perfect. Let's start with the marvelous. The two related story lines (1600's and modern day) are each fascinating and well conceived. The characters in each are always in a state of tense challenge, as they think through the problems they face. The reader is continually challenged as well, with philosophical and religious ideas that don't often grace the pages of fiction, including Spinoza's view of God and Nature. But all of those good thingsThe Weight of InkRachel KadishMY RATING ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐PUBLISHER HighbridgePUBLISHED June 6, 2017NARRATED Corrie JamesAn complex but emotionally rewarding story of two women centuries apart who sacrificed much by choosing a passion of the mind over the heart. SUMMARYTwo women of remarkable intellect are the subject of this monumental and award winning novel set in London in the 1660s and early 21st-century. Helen Watt, is an ailing historian with the love of Jewish history, right on the verge of
Oh! Oh! Oh!Do you love the written word? Are you a patsy for any historical site and love to read history books for fun? Are you part philosopher? Does your birth position within the era, family order, vocational direction and almost any other category you can define which could describe the intersection where aptitude and desire toward work or vocation cross- is it all wrong? If you answer yes to most of these questions, take on this one. It is super, super long. About 3 books length. And not
Unlimited stars!!! WOW. SWOON. Fanning self. Holy Mother of Books. Absolutely awestruck by the pure MAGNIFICENCE of this BRILLIANT mellifluous poetic historically rich masterpiece... Unadulterated GENIUS. Whoa. AAA! I'm sure I could not string enough accolades together to do justice to Kadish's work. I had such a hard time thinking of where to begin this review because Weight of Ink is too incredible, really, to describe, at least by a non-poet like myself. Nothing I could say could ever do
Not that I'm one to talk, but this book could stand to lose a few pounds...
Update News: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDManuscripts had laid undisturbed more than 300 years. A discovery had been made.Helen Watt, British historian is 64 years of age with failing health. She used a cane to walk. She has Parkinsons disease. Helens strength -knowledge & passion for history and Jewish studies stand out - her ruthless commitment to her work reflect who she is - but her illness is quietly just being. Helen operates much bigger than her disease. She is not Jewish,
The Weight of Ink is a beautiful and intricate tale of two women living almost four hundred years apart. Ester Velasquez fled Portugal to Amsterdam at the time of the Inquisition and then emigrated to London in the mid-1660's when she is given the opportunity to scribe for a Jewish rabbi. Helen Watt is an aging historian and professor of Hebraic History at a university in London at the first part of the twenty-first century and close to retirement. Professor Watt is summoned by a former student
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