A story of friendship, loyalty and dispossession In February 2000, Richard Zimler went to Australia for the Perth Writers' Festival. While he was there, he met a talented dancer from a Brazilian mime and dance troupe. The tragic step she would take the ne
From the internationally bestselling author of 'The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon' comes a novel of incomparable scope and beauty that takes the reader on an epic journey from war-ravaged nineteenth-century Europe to antebellum America. A bereft child, a freed
In an age of faith and fireIn a land of many godsA journey of survival is about to begin.…In his acclaimed novels Hunting Midnight and The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, Richard Zimler has spun luminous historical fiction from the experience of the Jews of t
Set in 1930s Berlin, during the Nazis' rise to power, 'The Seventh Gate' brings together Sophie Riedesel, an intelligent, artistic, and sexually adventurous 14-year-old with Isaac Zarco and his friends, most of whom are Jews, ex-circus performers and unde
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, an international bestseller, is an extraordinary novel that transports listeners into the universe of Jewish Kabbalah during the Lisbon massacre of April 1506. Just a few years earlier, Jews living in Portugal were dragged to
«6 de julho de 2012. Henrique Monroe, inspetor-chefe da Polícia Judiciária, é chamado a um luxuoso palacete de Lisboa para investigar o homicídio de Pedro Coutinho, um abastado construtor civil. Depois de interrogar a filha da vítima, Monroe começa
A vida de Teresa muda radicalmente quando os pais deixam Lisboa para irem viver em Nova Iorque. Não estando preparada para a vida na América, com dificuldade para se exprimir em inglês, Teresa encontra refúgio no seu particular sentido de humor e no �
Warsaw, 1941-an exhausted and elderly psychiatrist named Erik Cohen makes his way home to the Jewish ghetto after being interned in a Nazi labor camp. Yet only one visionary man-Heniek Corben- can see him and hear him. Heniek soon realizes that Cohen has
