by Richard Zimler · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266170864
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«Les sortilèges de Minuit» is the historical novel by Richard Zimler, published by Pocket in paperback (699 pages, in French).
Portugal, early 19th century: young John Zarco Stewart discovers that his family has hidden its Jewish origins since the Inquisition. The disappearance of Minuit, his African teacher, and the strange death of his father mark his life; years later, John travels from Portugal to slave-era America and Victorian England to shed light on that summer.
Second installment of Richard Zimler's «The Sephardic Cycle». Originally published as «Hunting Midnight» in 2003. French translation by Gilles Morris-Dumoulin.
For readers of historical and suspense fiction, interested in Napoleonic Europe, Sephardic memory and family secrets.
Richard Zimler is a best-selling author. His books, which have earned him a 1994 National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Fiction and the 1998 Herodotus Award, have been published in many countries and translated into more than 20 languages.
