by Leon de Winter · Diogenes · tapa dura · ISBN 9783257061437
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«Zionoco» is the contemporary novel by Leon de Winter, published by Diogenes in hardcover (414 pages, in German).
Rabbi Sol Mayer, spiritual guide of a large New York synagogue, falls in love with a non-Jewish singer. Their relationship, which becomes public, costs him his marriage, the synagogue, his house and his salary. To find the peace he longs for, Sol follows in his father's footsteps and travels to Mount Zionoco, in the Amazon region.
Translated from Dutch by Hanni Ehlers, «Zionoco» was nominated for the AKO/ECI Literatuurprijs in 1996.
For readers interested in contemporary European fiction and stories with Jewish themes.
Leon de Winter is a Dutch novelist and columnist.
