The Convert

by Stefan Hertmans

Book Overview

Finalist for the 2020 National Jewish Book Awards

In this dazzling work of historical fiction, the Man Booker International-long-listed author of War and Turpentine reconstructs the tragic story of a medieval noblewoman who leaves her home and family for the love of a Jewish boy.

In eleventh-century France, Vigdis Adela s, a young woman from a prosperous Christian family, falls in love with David Todros, a rabbi's son...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1524747084
• ISBN13: 9781524747084
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"