The last kabbalist of Lisbon
By: Richard Zimler.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Woodstock, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Jews -- Portugal -- Lisbon -- Fiction.; Lisbon (Portugal) -- Fiction.
Description: A novel on the 1506 massacre of Jews in Lisbon. The hero is Berekiah Zarco, a young manuscript painter hunting for the killer of his uncle, both being kabbalists, Jews practicing their faith in secret after obligatory conversion to Christianity.