{"product_id":"the-last-kabbalist-in-lisbon-9781585670222","title":"The Last Kabbalist in Lisbon","description":"\u003cb\u003eA marvelous story, a challenging mystery, and a telling tale of the evils of intolerance, award-winning author Richard Zimler's \u003ci\u003eThe Last Kabbalist of Lisbon\u003c\/i\u003e both compels and entertains.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Just a few years earlier, Jews living in Portugal were dragged to the baptismal font and forced to convert to Christianity. Many of these New Christians persevered in their Jewish prayers and rituals in secret and at great risk; the hidden, arcane practices of the kabbalists, a mystical sect of Jews, continued as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One such secret Jew was Berekiah Zarco, an intelligent young manuscript illuminator. Inflamed by love and revenge, he searches, in the crucible of the raging pogrom, for the killer of his beloved uncle Abraham, a renowned kabbalist and manuscript illuminator, discovered murdered in a hidden synagogue along with a young girl in dishabille. Risking his life in streets seething with mayhem, Berekiah tracks down answers among Christians, New Christians, Jews, and the fellow kabbalists of his uncle, whose secret language and codes by turns light and obscure the way to the truth he seeks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Vividly re-creates the world of ancient Lisbon . . . [A] many layered narrative, in which a suitably complex cast of characters plays a dangerous game with fate.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZimler, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard Zimler was born in New York and studied journalism at Stanford University. He has published eight novels over the last fifteen years, including the famous The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon. He has won numerous prizes for his work, and is a contributor to the Los Angeles Times Book Review. Visit zimler.com.","brand":"Overlook Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717161062674,"sku":"9781585670222","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_291b3108-e9b7-47a2-bd11-4d59f8ae3673.jpg?v=1734611200","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-kabbalist-in-lisbon-9781585670222","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}