num_pages: 600
description: A family saga with a difference. The Book of Abraham opens on the backdrop of a burning Jerusalem in 70 AD as Abraham the Temple scribe flees the destruction of his home. Two thousand years and a hundred generations later, another Abraham perishes, immolated in the fires of the Warsaw Ghetto. But the chain that links these two Abrahams--a chain that stretches from Jerusalem to Warsaw through Rome, Alexandria, France and Greece--is one of family ties, and the unforgettable, powerful and poignant story that is told is that of one family--the author's own.
language: English
title: The Book of Abraham
titlecomplete: The Book of Abraham
genres: Fiction, Biblical Fiction, France, Religion, Historical Fiction, Judaism, Jewish, Novels
ratings_count: 367
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Prix du Livre Inter
publisher: AmazonCrossing