Bücher von Noah Gordon

Vom Autor des Weltbestsellers »Der Medicus«Harry Hopeman lebt als erfolgreicher Diamantenhändler und Gelehrter in New York. Aber er steckt tief in der Midlife-Crisis. Als er gebeten wird, einen alten Diamanten, der für alle drei Weltreligionen von großer Bedeutung ist, wiederzubeschaffen, zögert Hopeman nicht lange und fährt nach Jerusalem. Auf seiner Reise wird er mit der aufregenden Geschichte seiner Familie konfrontiert. So wird die Suche nach dem Diamanten auch zur Suche nach sich selbst.

Vom Autor des Weltbestsellers »Der Medicus«Spanien 1492: Im ganzen Land wütet die Inquisition. Jona, der dreizehnjährige Sohn eines jüdischen Silberschmieds, steht nach der Ermordung seines Bruders und dem Tod des Vaters völlig allein da. Er beschließt, der Inquisition zu trotzen, und schlägt sich auf eigene Faust durch. Nach einer Odyssee durch ganz Spanien gelangt er Jahre später zu einem alten Medicus nach Saragossa. Dort spürt er, dass die Heilkunst seine wahre Berufung ist.

In the year 1492, the Inquisition has all of Spain in its grip. After centuries of pogrom-like riots encouraged by the Church, the Jews - who have been an important part of Spanish life since the days of the Romans - are expelled from the country by royal edict. Many who wish to remain are intimidated by Church and Crown and become Catholics, but several hundred thousand choose to retain their religion and depart; given little time to flee, some perish even before they can escape from Spain.Yonah Toledano, the 15-year-old son of a celebrated Spanish silversmith, has seen his father and brother die during these terrible days - victims whose murders go almost unnoticed in a time of mass upheaval. Trapped in Spain by circumstances, he is determined to honor the memory of his family by remaining a Jew.On a donkey named Moise, Yonah begins a meandering journey, a young fugitive zigzagging across the vastness of Spain. Toiling at manual labor, he desperately tries to cling to his memories of a vanished culture. As a lonely shepherd on a mountaintop he hurls snatches of almost forgotten Hebrew at the stars, as an apprentice armorer he learns to fight like a Christian knight. Finally, as a man living in a time and land where danger from the Inquisition is everywhere, he deals with the questions that mark his past. How he discovers the answers, how he finds his way to a singular and strong Marrano woman, how he achieves a life with the outer persona of a respected Old Christian physician and the inner life of a secret Jew, is the fabric of this novel. The Last Jew is a glimpse of the past, an authentic tale of high adventure, and a tender and unforgettable love story. In it, Noah Gordon utilizes his greatest strengths, and the result is remarkable and moving.