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The
2005 Award
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Hunting Midnight by Richard Zimler
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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the dawn of the nineteenth century in Portugal, John Zarco Stewart is an
impish child of hotheaded emotions and playful inquisitiveness, the unwitting
inheritor of a faith shrouded in three hundred years of secrecy--for the
Jews of the Iberian Peninsula have been in hiding since the Inquisition.
But a season of loss and bitter discovery brings his innocence to an abrupt
end. It is only the ministrations of a magical stranger, brought to Porto
by his seafaring father, that restore his safety: Midnight, an African healer
and freed slave, the man who will become John's greatest friend and determine
the course of his destiny.
When Napoleon's armies invade Portugal, violence again intrudes on John's fragile peace, and seals his passage into adulthood with another devastating loss. But from the wreckage comes revelation as he uncovers truths and lies hidden by the people he loved and trusted most, and discovers the act of unspeakable betrayal that destroyed his family - and his faith. And so his shattering quest begins as he travels to America, to hunt for hope in a land shackled by unforgivable sin. Hunting
Midnight has an eye for rich historical detail--from the colourful
marketplaces of Porto to the drowsy plantations of the American South,
from the Judaism John discovers as a young man to the mystical Africa
that Midnight conjures from his memories. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Zimler was born in Manhasset, New York. He currently resides in Portugal,
where he is associate professor of journalism at the University of Porto.
He is the author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, The Angelic
Darkness, and Unholy Ghosts. He also writes for the Los Angeles
Times and The Literary Review (London). More information is available
on his website www.zimler.com |
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