The Weight of Ink spielt in London der 1660er Jahre und des frühen 21. Jahrhunderts und ist die verwobene Geschichte zweier Frauen mit bemerkenswertem Intellekt: Ester Velasquez, einem Auswanderer aus Amsterdam, der für einen blinden Rabbi schreiben darf, kurz bevor die Pest die Stadt trifft; und Helen Watt, eine kranke Historikerin mit einer Liebe zum jüdischen Geschichte
Als Helen von einem ehemaligen Studenten gerufen wird, sich einen Cache mit neu entdeckten jüdischen Dokumenten aus dem 17. Jahrhundert anzusehen, nimmt sie die Hilfe von Aaron Levy, einem ebenso ungeduldigen wie charmanten amerikanischen Absolventen an, und begibt sich auf ein letztes Projekt: die Identität des Schreibers der Dokumente, dem schwer fassbaren "Aleph".
Elektrisierend und ehrgeizig geht es bei The Weight of Ink um Frauen, die durch Jahrhunderte getrennt sind – und die Entscheidungen und Opfer, die sie treffen müssen, um das Leben von Herz und Geist in Einklang zu bringen.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. An intellectual and emotional jigsaw puzzle of a novel for fans of A.S. Byatt's Possession and Geraldine Brooks' People of the Book.Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect- Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history.When Helen is summoned by a former student to view a cache of newly discovered seventeenth-century Jewish documents, she enlists the help of Aaron Levy, an American graduate student as impatient as he is charming, and embarks on one last project- to determine the identity of the documents' scribe, the elusive "Aleph."Electrifying and ambitious, The Weight of Ink is about women separated by centuries - and the choices and sacrifices they must make in order to reconcile the life of the heart and mind. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781925773286
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. An intellectual and emotional jigsaw puzzle of a novel for fans of A.S. Byatt's Possession and Geraldine Brooks' People of the Book.Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect- Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history.When Helen is summoned by a former student to view a cache of newly discovered seventeenth-century Jewish documents, she enlists the help of Aaron Levy, an American graduate student as impatient as he is charming, and embarks on one last project- to determine the identity of the documents' scribe, the elusive "Aleph."Electrifying and ambitious, The Weight of Ink is about women separated by centuries - and the choices and sacrifices they must make in order to reconcile the life of the heart and mind. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781925773286
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. An intellectual and emotional jigsaw puzzle of a novel for fans of A.S. Byatt's Possession and Geraldine Brooks' People of the Book.Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect- Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history.When Helen is summoned by a former student to view a cache of newly discovered seventeenth-century Jewish documents, she enlists the help of Aaron Levy, an American graduate student as impatient as he is charming, and embarks on one last project- to determine the identity of the documents' scribe, the elusive "Aleph."Electrifying and ambitious, The Weight of Ink is about women separated by centuries - and the choices and sacrifices they must make in order to reconcile the life of the heart and mind. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781925773286
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