by Noah Gordon · Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783442468850
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«Der Medicus von Saragossa» is the historical novel by Noah Gordon published by Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH in paperback (502 pages, in German).
Set in late 15th-century Spain, it tells the story of Jona Toledano, son of a Jewish silversmith, whose life changes when the Inquisition persecutes the Jews. Forced to hide and change his identity, he travels the country and ends up training as a physician, in a tale of survival and vocation.
The work originally appeared as «The Last Jew» in 1999; this German edition is from 2008 and bears the subtitle «Roman» on the cover.
For readers of historical fiction interested in medieval Spain, the Inquisition, and the Jewish experience.
Noah Gordon was an American novelist.
