Book of Rachel
Book by Esther David
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Book of Rachel is a novel by the Indian-Jewish author Esther David. The book won India's Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 2010.[1]
First edition | |
| Author | Esther David |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | fiction |
| Published | 2007 |
| Publisher | Penguin India |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 280 |
| ISBN | 978-0143444534 |
Plot
The main protagonist of the novel is an old Jewish widow named Rachel from Bene Israel community who tries to preserve Jewish culinary art[2] and simultaneously tries to protect a local synagogue from local land mafia.
Reception
In her review, Geeta Doctor wrote for India Today "To most people it would consist one portion of R. K. Narayan [and] a dash of sentimentality from Tagore's Kabuliwallah."[3]
Deeptha Achar, Professor at the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda wrote "...the book is more ambitious. It not only portrays the community [Bene Israel] from within but also examines the pushes and pulls, economic, cultural, which impinge upon it."[4]
