Shylock's Daughter pb

Mirjam Pressler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2001
Macmillan Children's Books (Verlag)
978-0-330-48410-7 (ISBN)

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A captivating insight into Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice that provides a thoroughly modern tale for teenagers.

'Facinating and Moving' Sunday Times

Venice, 1568 Jessica is sixteen - and trapped. She's tired of the endless rules of the Jewish Ghetto. Tired of her father Shylock's meanness. Now she wants to be free.

Lorenzo is everything Jessica ever wanted - handsome, charming, aristoratic and flattering. Jessica can't help but fall in love. After all, Lorenzo is surely her way into a wonderful new life.

But Lorenzo is a Christian and Jessica is a Jew. And the price of freedom can be desperately high...

'Extraordinarily powerful.' Literary Review

'An eye-opening and empathetic novel, with resonancesfor any society where racism exists and cultures clash. Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times

Mirjam Pressler is an award-winning author of several novels for young people, which have been translated into many languages. She is a highly regarded expert on the life of Anne Frank. She lives in the Bavarian countryside.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.1.2001
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 197 mm
Gewicht	199 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
Schlagworte	Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen • Judentum, Geschichte; Romane/Erzählungen • Venedig, Geschichte; Romane/Erzähl.
ISBN-10	0-330-48410-9 / 0330484109
ISBN-13	978-0-330-48410-7 / 9780330484107
Zustand	Neuware