The last kabbalist of lisbon6/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Viewed from this perspective-through a window of Kabbalah, if you like-an angel is nothing but a book given heavenly form." Such moments are too rare for the book to be very perceptive about the tradition to which its title alludes, but nevertheless, it's an absorbing and genuinely suspenseful story. ![]() What is more, the Zarco family is unable to experience even the bittersweetjoy of vengeance, overwhelmed as it is by the horror of the deaths of 3,000 of their coreligionists. Occasionally, the story invokes a bit of kabbalist wisdom that is every bit as luminous as the ancient texts that inspired this novel: "Books are created from holy letters," one character says. The classic triumph of good over evilis tainted by the doubt one develops, as a reader, for Berekiah’s own sanityand goodwill. The book purports to be a modern translation of a medieval manuscript telling the story of the murder of a great kabbalist in Lisbon named Abraham. Although its story takes place during the 16th- century slaughter of Jews in Portugal, and its main characters are Jewish mystics, Zimler is less interested in describing their spiritual lives than in plotting a fantastic murder mystery. Richard Zimler's The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon is not a particularly religious novel, but it uses religion to great dramatic effect. ![]()
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