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Description: The epic bestseller and winner of the prestigious Aegon Literary Award in Hungary Captivity is an enthralling and illuminating historical saga set in the time of Jesus about a Roman Jew on a quest to the Holy Land. A literary sensation in Hungary Gy rgy Spir's Captivity is both a highly sophisticated historical novel and a gripping page - turner. Set in the tumultuous first century A. D. between the year of Christ's death and the outbreak of the Jewish War Captivity recounts the adventures of the feeble - bodied bookish Uri a young Roman Jew. Frustrated with his hapless son Uri's father sends the young man to the Holy Land to regain the family's prestige. In Jerusalem Uri is imprisoned by Herod and meets two thieves and (perhaps) Jesus before their crucifixion. Later in cosmopolitan Alexandria he undergoes a scholarly and sexual awakening but must also escape a pogrom. Returning to Rome at last he finds an entirely unexpected inheritance. Equal parts Homeric epic brilliantly researched Jewish history and picaresque adventure Captivity is a dramatic tale of family fate and fortitude. In its weak - yet - valiant hero fans will be reminded of Robert Graves classics of Ancient Rome I Claudius and Claudius the God.
Title: Captivity
Author(s): Spiro Gyorgy
Publisher: Restless Books
Barcode: 9781632060495
Pages: 866 Pages
Publication Date: 11/3/2015
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: The epic bestseller and winner of the prestigious Aegon Literary Award in Hungary Captivity is an enthralling and illuminating historical saga set in the time of Jesus about a Roman Jew on a quest to the Holy Land. A literary sensation in Hungary Gy rgy Spir's Captivity is both a highly sophisticated historical novel and a gripping page - turner. Set in the tumultuous first century A. D. between the year of Christ's death and the outbreak of the Jewish War Captivity recounts the adventures of the feeble - bodied bookish Uri a young Roman Jew. Frustrated with his hapless son Uri's father sends the young man to the Holy Land to regain the family's prestige. In Jerusalem Uri is imprisoned by Herod and meets two thieves and (perhaps) Jesus before their crucifixion. Later in cosmopolitan Alexandria he undergoes a scholarly and sexual awakening but must also escape a pogrom. Returning to Rome at last he finds an entirely unexpected inheritance. Equal parts Homeric epic brilliantly researched Jewish history and picaresque adventure Captivity is a dramatic tale of family fate and fortitude. In its weak - yet - valiant hero fans will be reminded of Robert Graves classics of Ancient Rome I Claudius and Claudius the God.
Title: Captivity
Author(s): Spiro Gyorgy
Publisher: Restless Books
Barcode: 9781632060495
Pages: 866 Pages
Publication Date: 11/3/2015
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction