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Disobedience : From the author of The Power, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017

by Naomi Alderman
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Disobedience : From the author of The Power, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017 - Thryft
Disobedience : From the author of The Power, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017 - Thryft

Provocative return to orthodox Jewish upbringing.

"Disobedience" offers a glimpse into the life of an orthodox jewish suburb in north London as well as the journey of a woman who left it behind to build a new life in New York. Alderman's portrayal of Ronit's struggle to reconcile her current self with her past and the reunion with her childhood love interest, Esti, makes for an engaging and thought-provoking read.

  • Orange Prize for New Writers (2006)
  • Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award (2007)
  • Sami Rohr Prize Nominee for Jewish Literature (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Disobedience : From the author of The Power, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017

by Naomi Alderman
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Compare to estimated retail price: RM50.00 MYR  

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ISBN: 9780141025957
Authors: Naomi Alderman
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2021-08-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Romance, Contemporary
Goodreads rating: 3.69
(rated by 12058 readers)

Description

From the author of The Power, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017Ronit has left London and transformed her life. She has become a cigarette-smoking, wise-cracking, New York career woman, who is in love with a married man.But when Ronit's father dies she is called back into the very different world of her childhood, a world she thought she had left far behind. The orthodox Jewish suburb of Hendon, north London is outraged by Ronit and her provocative ways. But Ronit is shocked too by the confrontation with her past. And when she meets up with her childhood girlfriend Esti, she is forced to think again about what she has left behind.
 

Provocative return to orthodox Jewish upbringing.

"Disobedience" offers a glimpse into the life of an orthodox jewish suburb in north London as well as the journey of a woman who left it behind to build a new life in New York. Alderman's portrayal of Ronit's struggle to reconcile her current self with her past and the reunion with her childhood love interest, Esti, makes for an engaging and thought-provoking read.

  • Orange Prize for New Writers (2006)
  • Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award (2007)
  • Sami Rohr Prize Nominee for Jewish Literature (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.