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The weight of ink
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"An intellectual and emotional jigsaw puzzle of a novel for readers of A. S. Byatt's Possession and Geraldine Brooks's People of the Book Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, anemigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history. As the novel opens, Helen has been summoned by a former student to view a cache of seventeenth-century Jewish documents newly discovered in his home during a renovation. Enlisting the help of Aaron Levy, an American graduate student as impatient as he is charming, and in a race with another fast-moving team of historians, Helen embarks on one last project: to determine the identity of the documents' scribe, the elusive"Aleph."Electrifying and ambitious, sweeping in scope and intimate in tone, The Weight of Ink is a sophisticated work of historical fiction about women separated by centuries, and the choices and sacrifices they must makein order to reconcile the life of the heart and mind"--
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- 23 of 33 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
4 current holds with 33 total copies.View other formats and editions
| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardsley Public Library | FICTION KADISH (Text) Fiction |
31000151183798 |
Available - |
| Bedford Free Library | FIC KAD (Text) Fiction |
31002150678620 |
Checked out 05/07/2024 |
| Bedford Hills Free Library | KADISH (Text) Trade Paperback |
31003151629570 |
Checked out 04/25/2024 |
| Bronxville Public Library | FICTION KADISH (Text) Fiction |
31004151618886 |
Available - |
| Chappaqua Library | FICTION KADISH (Text) Fiction |
31005500407871 |
In transit - |
| Croton Free Library | FICTION/KADISH (Text) Fiction |
31006151657459 |
Available - |
| Eastchester Public Library | FICTION KADISH (Text) Fiction |
31008152214520 |
Available - |
| Greenburgh Public Library | KADISH (Text) Fiction |
31009154465870 |
On holds shelf - |
| Harrison Public Library | KADISH, R. (Text) Fiction |
31010300140268 |
Checked out 05/08/2024 |
| Harrison West Harrison Branch Library | KADISH, R. (Text) Fiction |
31010400060309 |
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