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The
2003 Award
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The Procedure by
Harry Mulisch
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Editions: Viking ISBN 0670910244 : 0670889296 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| In the late sixteenth century, Rabbi Jehudah Löw, in order to guarantee the safety of the Jews in Prague, creates a golem by following a procedure outlined in a third-century Cabalist text. Four hundred years later, Victor Werker, a Dutch biologist mourning the loss of his stillborn daughter, causes an international uproar when he creates a complex organic clay crystal that can reproduce and has a metabolism. But his unsettling discovery takes its toll as his inner and outer demons pursue him around the world, from California to Venice, Cairo and Jerusalem. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Harry Mulisch was born in Holland. He is the author of many novels, including The Assault and The Discovery of Heaven, as well as short stories, essays, poetry, plays and philosophical works. He lives in Amsterdam. |
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