The Forgetting River: A Modern Tale of Survival, Identity, and the Inquisition - Couverture souple

Carvajal, Doreen

 
9781594631528: The Forgetting River: A Modern Tale of Survival, Identity, and the Inquisition
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ISBN 10 : 1594631522 ISBN 13 : 9781594631528
Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2013

Synopsis

The unexpected and moving story of an American journalist who works to uncover her family’s long-buried Jewish ancestry in Spain.

Raised a Catholic in California, New York Times journalist Doreen Carvajal is shocked when she discovers that her background may actually be connected to conversos from Inquisition-era Spain: Jews who were forced to renounce their faith and convert to Christianity or face torture and death. With vivid childhood memories of Sunday sermons, catechism, and the rosary, Carvajal travels to the centuries-old Andalucian town of Arcos de la Frontera, to investigate her lineage and recover her family’s original religious heritage.

In Arcos, Carvajal comes to realize that fear remains a legacy of the Inquisition along with the cryptic messages left by its victims. Back at her childhood home in California, she uncovers papers documenting a family of Carvajals who were burned at the stake in the 16th-century territory of Mexico. Could the author’s family history be linked to the hidden history of Arcos? And could the unfortunate Carvajals have been her ancestors?

As she strives to find proof that her family had been forced to convert to Christianity six hundred years ago, Carvajal comes to understand that the past flows like a river through time—and that while the truth might be submerged, it is never truly lost.

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À propos de l?auteur

Doreen Carvajal is a Paris-based reporter for the The New York Times and a senior writer for the International Herald Tribune covering European issues. She has more than 25 years of journalism experience covering a broad range of subjects, from politics and immigration to book publishing and the media. She lives with her family near Paris.

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Éditeur
Penguin Publishing Group
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1594631522
ISBN 13 
9781594631528
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
336
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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