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A tale inspired by the tragic first-century massacre of hundreds of Jewish people at Masada presents the stories of a hated daughter, a baker's wife, a girl disguised as a warrior, and a medicine woman who keep doves and secrets while Roman soldiers draw near.
Told from 4 different women's point of view from 70 CE to 77 CE, the four women work in the Dovecotes of the Masada, a fortress from Herod's time that the Jews thought could never be breached by the Romans, until it was. Background in various forms of "magic", visions and manipulation amongst four very strong women. ( )
You could call it a hoopla sandwich. On the back cover, a blurb from a famous, widely respected author describing the novel as “a major contribution to 21st-century literature.” On the jacket flap, a publisher’s summary proclaiming this book to be the writer’s “masterpiece.” Yet in between, instead of a gripping work of fiction that lives up to this praise, is a long novel full of middling descriptions, hackneyed characters and histrionic plot twists.
Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen VidenRedigér teksten, så den bliver dansk.
Let my burden be your burden, and yours be mine
Tilegnelse
Første ord
Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen VidenRedigér teksten, så den bliver dansk.
We had been wandering for so long I forgot what it was like to live within walls or sleep through the night.
Citater
Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen VidenRedigér teksten, så den bliver dansk.
All that will ever be has already been written long before it happens.
...a yew does not run through the open gate when her entire world consists of the pen in which she lives. Once such a creature has memorized the fence of thorns, she will not cross that marker, not even after it's torn down, for it still rules the boundaries of her vision and her life.
In a land where rebellion has been crushed, there cannot be a single warrior left.
In a storm a blade of grass can withstand the fury of winds that bring the palaces of kings to ruin.
Sidste ord
Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen VidenRedigér teksten, så den bliver dansk.
This is the reason we are here, to give thanks to our mothers, who are watching over us in the place where we will join them one day, in the World-to-Come.
A tale inspired by the tragic first-century massacre of hundreds of Jewish people at Masada presents the stories of a hated daughter, a baker's wife, a girl disguised as a warrior, and a medicine woman who keep doves and secrets while Roman soldiers draw near.
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