Sarah
Subtitle: a novel
By: Marek Halter
Edition: 1st American pbk. ed.
Series: Book one of the Canaan trilogy
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9781400052783
Subjects: Fiction
Work titles: Sarah
Description: Sarah's story begins in the cradle of civilization: the Sumerian city-state of Ur, a land of desert heat, towering gardens, and immense wealth. The daughter of a powerful lord, Sarah balks at the marriage her father has planned for her. On her wedding day, she impulsively flees to the vast, empty marshes outside the city walls, where she meets a young man named Abram, son of a tribe of outsiders. Drawn to this exotic stranger, Sarah spends one night with him and reluctantly returns to her father's house. But on her return, she secretly drinks a poisonous potion that will make her barren and thus unfit for marriage. Many years later, Abram returns to Ur and discovers that the lost, rebellious girl from the marsh has been transformed into a splendid woman, the high priestess of the goddess Ishtar. But Sarah gives up her exalted life to join Abram's tribe and follow the one true God, an invisible deity who speaks only to Abram. It is then that her journey truly begins. From the great ziggurat of Ishtar to the fertile valleys of Canaan to the bedchamber of the mighty Pharaoh himself, Sarah's story reveals an ancient world full of beauty, intrigue, and miracles.
Notes: Includes a reader's group guide to "Sarah" (p. [297]-310) and an excerpt of Zipporah, wife of Moses, (p. [311]-325.

"Originally published in France by Robert Laffont, Paris, in 2003"--T.p. verso.