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Overview

Set in seventeenth-century Poland, The Slave tells the story of Jacob, a young Talmudic scholar sold into slavery after the Chmielnicki massacres - and who falls in love with his master's daughter, Wanda. Even after he is ransomed, he finds he can't live without her, and the two escape together to a distant Jewish community. Racked by his consciousness of sin in taking a wife who is not Jewish, and by the difficulties of concealing her identity, Jacob stands firm as the violence of the era threatens to destroy the ill-fated couple.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781632922144
  • ISBN-10: 1632922142
  • Publisher: Goodreads Press
  • Publish Date: April 2021
  • Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.63 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.78 pounds
  • Page Count: 278

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