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Pnina Shinebourne - Unbridled Messiah, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Unbridled Messiah

Av Pnina Shinebourne

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When Shabtai Zvi of Smyrna, a 17th Century man of piety, if eccentric and unruly, proclaims himself Messiah, euphoria and devotion ripple through Jewish communities worldwide. Imprisoned for sedition by the Ottomans, Shabtai converts to Islam to escape the death penalty, but his story doesn’t end there, as true believers follow their messiah into conversion, creating a unique hybrid religion that survived in secret for centuries, and inspiring Jacob Frank to claim, a century later, to be Shabtai’s reincarnation (the subject of Olga Tokarczuk’s Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 winner, The Books of Jacob).A work of fiction that melds poetry, prose and play, Unbridled Messiah is constructed from eyewitness accounts (real and imaginary), letters and historical sources, delivering an extraordinary and spell-binding narrative enlivened by Shinebourne’s chorus of Heavenly Sisters, who play with the ‘facts’, adding irreverent and mischievous interpretations. Long-listed for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize 2020, Unbridled Messiah, is an ambitious, intelligent and inventive exploration of the multiple ways we approach and find salvation.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2021-11-29
  • Mått: 216 x 138 x 8 mm
  • Vikt: 102 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 64
  • Förlag: Cinnamon Press
  • ISBN: 9781788649285
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Pnina Shinebourne is the author of Unbridled Messiah, which was longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction 2020 and published by Cinnamon Press. Other publications include Pike in a Carp Pond and A Bird is Fluttering Somewhere in Me, which won second prize in the Essex University International Short Story Prize. She won the Wasafiri New Writing Prize, other work was shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize and the Bridport Prize.

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Pnina Shinebourne is an utterly singular writer. Told in sharp, glinting shards, her stories leave the haunting impression of a lucid dream, strange and startling and making an urgent sort of sense. Unbridled Messiah is a vivid, unforgettable book. — Lucy Caldwell; Pnina Shinebourne’s writing pirouettes through the tricky territories of philosophy and religion. With a light and curious touch, she investigates what it means to be a believer, a woman, a prophet, or any creature shaped by gods and fates. If you could hear the cackles of angels, I imagine they would sound something like Unbridled Messiah. — Rowan Buchanen

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