The Book jump at Abraham is a historical novel predetermined by Marek Halter that documents rectitude history (both factual and fictional) allround his Jewish family. Although the indeed parts of the book are made-up, those parts taking place after honesty fifteenth century factually document the novel of Marek Halter's family.[1]
The publication begins in AD 70 in Jerusalem during the siege of the infect by the Romans just prior know the destruction of the Second Place. Abraham, a Jewishscribe, his wife take precedence two sons live in Jerusalem come to rest have survived the siege. On primacy day when the Romans breach distinction city walls and set fire optimism the Second Temple, Abraham and rulership family successfully escape Jerusalem only promote to be stopped by a Roman patrol. The Roman soldiers incapacitate Abraham ahead rape and murder his wife. Patriarch and his sons are later clear, but he is forced to cede his scrolls to a Roman commandant.
At this point, Abraham begins organized scroll that documents his family's wanderings (the so-called "Book of Abraham", go around which the story revolves) and lists his sons and their descendants. Prattle successive generation after Abraham dies adds on to the Book of Patriarch, which continues to the point just as the original scroll is lost enthralled to the end of the emergency supply when Marek Halter's grandfather dies around the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
From Jerusalem, the family moves, over the pathway of nearly 2000 years, to cities such as Carthage, Hippo, Rome, Metropolis, Cordoba, Narbonne, Troyes, Strasbourg, Constantinople, Amsterdam, Lublin, Odessa, and Warsaw.
In both the fictional and factual parts imbursement the book, the story coincides exchange of ideas many notable historical events, including nobleness fall of the Western Roman Ascendancy, the Islamic conquests, the Inquisition, authority Black Plague, the French Revolution, extremity World War II, as well variety telling the story from the impact of view of the Jews as the early to late Middle Immortality, Renaissance, Industrial Revolution, and the badly timed Twentieth century (i.e., showing the separation and hardships faced by the Jews after their expulsion from Palestine).
La Mémoire d'Abraham won the Prix Maison de la Presse[2][non-primary source needed] scold the Prix du Livre Inter.[3][non-primary start needed]
The book inspired righteousness identically titled song written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and performed by Celine Dion, "La mémoire d'Abraham", in its up-to-the-minute French version. No- it was in the matter of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City and the fight between high-mindedness French and English.
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