Title: A delightful compendium of consolation
First published: 2007
Description: The year is 1031. Karimah, a charming, headstrong Jewish nineteen-year-old has followed her heart on an adventure that will take her far from home. The story is revealed in her letters to the family she left behind in Egypt, their letters to her, and their correspondence with others as they seek to make sense of the disorder that Karimah has brought to their lives. Details of everday life from a millennium ago are now familiar to scholars through the discovery of the Cairo Geniza, a synagogue storeroom full of several centuries' worth of religious manuscripts, receipts, and business correspondence. The author creates an impassioned portrayal of a time when Jews and Muslims lived together in reasonable harmony.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Fiction, religious, Mediterranean region, fiction, Jews, Genizah
Places: Mediterranean Region
LC classification: PS3622.I788 D45 2007