The Mikvah Queen - Couverture souple

Fink, Jennifer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1608640310 ISBN 13 : 9781608640317

Editeur : Rebel Satori Press, 2010

Synopsis

In the anti-everything hippie culture of early '80s Ithaca, New York, what rituals can a girl borrow, steal, or invent to make sense of puberty? Jane Schwartz, a lonely, Talmud-quoting, disco-worshipping eleven-year-old girl, builds a mikvah (Jewish ritual bath) in the porta-sauna of her middle-aged neighbor, Charlene Walkeson, in hopes of saving Charlene from the ravages of cancer. Will Jane also save her fierce, fragile self? Out of fragments of disco, feminism, cooking shows, Christian salvation narratives and Jewish law, Jane forges her own theology. Winner of the Dana Award for the Novel, The Mikvah Queen is a remarkable exploration of postmodern Jewish identity, cancer, the confusion and promise of alternative culture, and the power of ritual.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rebel Satori Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1608640310
• ISBN 13: 9781608640317
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible