Name: Bodmin, 1349
Brand: Micah Publications, Inc (US)
SKU: 9780916288242
Price: 18.99 GBP
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Bodmin, 1349

An Epic Novel of Christians & Jews in the Plague Years

By (author): Roberta Kalechofsky

Published by Micah Publications, Inc (US)

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£18.99

Published: 01-Jan-1998
ISBN: 9780916288242

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438 Pages

Subjects:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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An epic novel of Christians and Jews in the plague years -- the Black Death of 1349. The story takes place in the monastery of Bodmin, in the misty moors of Cornwall and on the continent where Will's wife, Miriam, goes in search of her Jewish ancestors. She is a female picaresque heroine through whose eyes the devastation of the Black Death on the continent is witnessed.

Roberta Kalechofsky is the author of seven works of fiction, two collections of essays, a monograph on George Orwell, and a book of poetry. Her fiction has been translated into Italian and she has been published in Italy. She is the recipient of a literary fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Council on the Arts. Her work has been published in many periodicals and several anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories of 1972.