----------------------- Message requiring your approval ---------------------- From: Matthew Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ha-Safran]: New book
The American Library Association's BOOKLIST Magazine has awarded Tamar Yellin's Debut Novel, The Genizah at the House of Shepher (ISBN 1592640850, $19.95, HC), which will be released in April.
The popular website, YNET, has also praised the book lavishly "The mystery crops up like a Jewish, low-profile version of �The Da Vinci Code.� Shulamit is like novelist Dan Brown's cryptographer Sophie Neveu, who sets out on a journey to seek the secret her grandfather was charged to protect"
Like all Toby Press books, this is available from Ingram's, Baker & Taylor and of course, from the Toby Press direct!
Thanks and with kind regards
Matthew Miller The Toby Press PO Box 8531, New Milford CT. 06776-8531 Tel: 203 830 8508 Fax: 203 830 8512
PUBLISHER CONTACTS: Matthew Miller or Shari Blok at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
USA: (203) 830-8508 or in UK (020) 7580 85440
MYTH AND HISTORY INTERWEAVE FOUR GENERATIONS IN THIS OUTSTANDING DEBUT NOVEL
Tamar Yellin's impressive debut novel spans generations and worlds�
Shulamit, a biblical scholar from England, returns to her grandparents� home in Jerusalem for a visit, after an absence of many years. Almost immediately she becomes embroiled in a family feud over possession of the so-called Shepher Codex, a mysterious and valuable manuscript which has been discovered in the attic. In tracing the origins of the Codex she uncovers the history of the Shepher family itself: of her great-grandfather, who traveled to Babylon in search of the ten lost tribes; of her grandfather, a dreamer whose Zionist ideals brought him into conflict with his religion; of her parents, and their tormented love affair; and of her own orphaned and unhappy past. At the same time, she struggles to find answers to pressing questions: what is the significance of the Codex and where does it come from? Who is the stranger, Gideon, who is desperate to enlist her help? Above all, whom does the Codex belong to and what part must Shulamit play in its destiny?
Set against the backdrop of a changing Jerusalem over a hundred and thirty years, Tamar Yellin's THE GENIZAH AT THE HOUSE OF SHEPHER (Toby Press, April 15, 2005 HC, USA $19.95, in UK �14.99) is a large-canvas novel of exile and belonging, displacement, and the quest for both love and a true promised land.
Tamar Yellin was born in the north of England. Her mother was the daughter of a Polish immigrant and her father a third generation Jerusalemite. She studied Hebrew and Arabic at Oxford, where she received the Pusey and Ellerton Prize for Biblical Hebrew. She began writing fiction at an early age, and the (often pleasurable) tension between her Jewish heritage and her Yorkshire roots has informed much of her work. Her short stories, which have been described as "ironic, humane and highly accomplished," have appeared in a wide variety of journals and anthologies. The Genizah at the House of Shepher is her first published novel.
Title: The Genizah at the House of Shepher Pub date: April 15th, 2005
Author: Tamar Yellin Publisher: The Toby Press
ISBN: 1 59264 085 0 Hard Cover, USA $19.95, in UK � 14.99
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