- Published: 1 May 2013
- ISBN: 9780099571940
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $32.99
I Am Forbidden
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- Published: 1 May 2013
- ISBN: 9780099571940
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $32.99
Elegant, enthralling
New York Times
Luminously beautiful
Sunday Telegraph
Stunning
The New Yorker
Fascinating... Offers a glimpse into the real world of Hasidic life
Kerstin Hoge
Using the language of the scriptures, Markovits depicts religion’s potential for both beauty and cruelty, and the inevitability of transgression even in the most devout life
Maria Crawford, Financial Times
The writing is stunning, the execution flawless and the plot utterly gripping (4 stars)
Helen Cullen, Stylist
Takes us into the heart of the Hasidic community in New York, where two Hungarian-Romanian Jewish children orphaned during the barbarity of the Second World War are set to begin new lives
Elmore Leonard, Glasgow Sunday Herald
An unusual, beautifully written novel
The Lady
Outstanding novel
Benjamin Evans, Sunday Telegraph (Seven)