From the award-winning, internationally acclaimed Israeli author, a suspenseful and poignant story of a family coping with the sudden mental decline of their beloved husband and fatheran engineer who they discover is involved in an ominous secret military project.
Europa, kurz vor der letzten Jahrtausendwende: Ben Atar, der jüdische Kaufmann aus Tanger, hat eine ungewöhnliche Mission: Er muß die Frau seines Neffen, die grünäugige Esther-Minna aus dem fernen Worms, davon überzeugen, daß das Glück in der Bigamie liegt. Zwei Welten prallen aufeinander: der sinnenfrohe, tolerante Süden und der strenge, rationale Norden.
When young Rachele Luzzato's father falls seriously ill, her loneliness as an only child intensifies. A subtle, sensitive story of family, love and growing up by a masterful storyteller.