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Lilian Nattel The River Midnight
Alfred A. Knopf 1999 0676971539 / 9780676971538 Hardcover Very Good
"First Edition, tight binding, small address stamp on front free endpaper, light creasing to Dust Jacket, () Like the mythical Polish shtetl of Blaszka in which it is set, The River Midnight is boisterous, tangled with secrets, and startlingly generous. Told more as nine interwoven stories, Lilian Nattel's debut novel portrays Jewish village life in the 19th century as both dense and wondrous, something akin to Gabriel García Márquez's Macondo--with similar touches of magic realism. The novel uses a roughly nine-month period in 1894 as its framework, each chapter recounting many of the same events through the eyes of successive characters. Along the way we encounter the pettiness, charity, gossip, and customs that sustain the village, making its cramped life both full and frustrating. At the center of this whirl is Misha, the midwife, whose own pregnancy is one of the book's abiding mysteries, and who, despite her inscrutability, elicits a resolute affection from her fellow vi ID: mon0000114009"
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Lilian Nattel The Singing Fire
Knopf Canada 2004 0676976018 / 9780676976014 Paperback Very Good
"'() Set in the Jewish ghetto in late Victorian London, Lilian Nattel's richly detailed second novel, The Singing Fire, relates the stories of two immigrant women recently arrived from Poland. Young Nehama, who stole money and jewelry from her sisters in order to run away from home, is tricked into becoming a prostitute immediately after she steps off the boat. The well-off Emilia, who is introduced in numerous scenes back in Minsk, runs off to England, unmarried and pregnant, to escape her overbearing father. Nehama meanwhile flees her tormentor, the evil pedophile Squire, eventually marries, and becomes a tailor. When Emilia lands in London, Nehama saves her from a fate similar to her own by taking her in. Eventually, Emilia flees again, leaving her newborn with Nehama, who, unable to have children of her own, is happy enough to raise the child. Although Nehama ends up living in poverty and Emilia in relative luxury, both women find themselves in a situation where they must keep t'''' ID: mon0000076365"
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Lilian Nattel The Singing Fire
Knopf Canada 2004 0676976018 / 9780676976014 Paperback Very Good
"has a remainder mark() Set in the Jewish ghetto in late Victorian London, Lilian Nattel's richly detailed second novel, The Singing Fire, relates the stories of two immigrant women recently arrived from Poland. Young Nehama, who stole money and jewelry from her sisters in order to run away from home, is tricked into becoming a prostitute immediately after she steps off the boat. The well-off Emilia, who is introduced in numerous scenes back in Minsk, runs off to England, unmarried and pregnant, to escape her overbearing father. Nehama meanwhile flees her tormentor, the evil pedophile Squire, eventually marries, and becomes a tailor. When Emilia lands in London, Nehama saves her from a fate similar to her own by taking her in. Eventually, Emilia flees again, leaving her newborn with Nehama, who, unable to have children of her own, is happy enough to raise the child. Although Nehama ends up living in poverty and Emilia in relative luxury, both women find themselves in a situation wh ID: mon0000072085"
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