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Sarah : a novel

Author: Marek Halter
Publisher: New York : Three Rivers Press, ©2004.
Series: Book one of the Canaan trilogy
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : English : 1st American pbk. edView all editions and formats
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Sarah's story begins in the cradle of civilization: the Sumerian city-state of Ur, a land of desert heat, towering gardens, and immense wealth. The daughter of a powerful lord, Sarah balks at the marriage her father has planned for her. On her wedding day, she impulsively flees to the vast, empty marshes outside the city walls, where she meets a young man named Abram, son of a tribe of outsiders. Drawn to this exotic Read more...

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Named Person: Sarah, (Biblical matriarch)
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Marek Halter
ISBN: 1400052785 9781400052783
OCLC Number: 59760926
Notes: Includes a reader's group guide to "Sarah" (p. [297]-310) and an excerpt of Zipporah, wife of Moses, (p. [311]-325. "Originally published in France by Robert Laffont, Paris, in 2003"--T.p. verso.
Description: 325 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Series Title: Book one of the Canaan trilogy
Other Titles: Sarah.
Responsibility: Marek Halter.

Abstract:

Sarah's story begins in the cradle of civilization: the Sumerian city-state of Ur, a land of desert heat, towering gardens, and immense wealth. The daughter of a powerful lord, Sarah balks at the marriage her father has planned for her. On her wedding day, she impulsively flees to the vast, empty marshes outside the city walls, where she meets a young man named Abram, son of a tribe of outsiders. Drawn to this exotic stranger, Sarah spends one night with him and reluctantly returns to her father's house. But on her return, she secretly drinks a poisonous potion that will make her barren and thus unfit for marriage. Many years later, Abram returns to Ur and discovers that the lost, rebellious girl from the marsh has been transformed into a splendid woman, the high priestess of the goddess Ishtar. But Sarah gives up her exalted life to join Abram's tribe and follow the one true God, an invisible deity who speaks only to Abram. It is then that her journey truly begins. From the great ziggurat of Ishtar to the fertile valleys of Canaan to the bedchamber of the mighty Pharaoh himself, Sarah's story reveals an ancient world full of beauty, intrigue, and miracles.

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