by Riccardo Calimani · Grijalbo · tapa dura · ISBN 9788425343025
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«El mercader de Venecia» is the historical novel by Riccardo Calimani, published by Grijalbo in hardcover (384 pages, in Spanish).
Set in sixteenth-century Italy, it follows the family of a Jewish merchant who, after fleeing home, arrives in Venice, still a refuge for the persecuted in a Europe of fears and superstitions. The family's fate intertwines with the creation of the Venice Ghetto and the end of the city's ancient tolerance.
The original title is «Il mercante di Venezia»; the Spanish translation is by Esther Roig Giménez. This edition was published in January 2009.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and Jewish literature, particularly those interested in Renaissance Venice and the origin of the ghetto.
Riccardo Calimani is a writer and historian, specialising in Italian and European Judaism and Jewish history.
