Sacrifice of Isaac, Neil Gordon
Sacrifice of Isaac, Neil Gordon
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Sacrifice of Isaac

Author: Neil Gordon

Narrator: Tony Shaloub, Cynthia Nixon

Abridged: 4 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/1995


Synopsis

In the tradition of John Le Carre...a stunning debut thriller.
A legacy of shadows...
Luke Benami thought his father Yossef was the great man the world said he was: professor, general, Israeli national hero. Luke also thought his brother Danni was the prodigal his family said he was: army deserter, political exile, criminal. But when his father's sudden death compels Luke to return to Israel, he is forced to begin a dangerous investigation into the history of his family and his homeland.
To discover the truth, Luke must find his estranged brother, who has disappeared from Paris where he deals antiquities on the illegal market. Awaiting Danni's return, Luke soon finds himself both a witness to and perpetrator of murder. His victim may be his brother.
Meanwhile, a young Austrian woman named Natalie Hoestermann discovers information about her own father's past that also compels her to search for Danni Benami. As Luke and Natalie travel on their parallel paths across Europe, they slowly realize that their fathers' pasts are not, as they had always believed, stories of Israeli heroism and German guilt, but something much more complex and disturbing, buried deep in the time of the Holocaust.

About The Author

Neil Gordon was born in South Africa in 1958, and has also lived in New York, Scotland, Paris, and Israel. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he was awarded two Hopwood Prizes for fiction, and earned his Ph.D. in French literature at Yale. He has also studied at the University of Jerusalem and the Sorbonne. Until recently on the staff at The New York Review of Books, he is currently managing editor of The Reader's Catalog and the literary editor of The Boston Review. He lives in New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Esmeralda on June 18, 2024

Vond het een mooi en spannend verhaald hebben. Het duurde soms dat ik er weer helemaal in zat......more

Goodreads review by Don on April 18, 2008

The story the author tells is a fascinating one, a blend of suspense, mystery, Holocaust scholarship, the history of Israel and family tensions. The mystery that is ultimately unravelled ties into the Abraham/Isaac story which provides the title of the book; I suspect that this novel would make a ve......more

Goodreads review by Jane on May 04, 2020

Fiction. First published novel. Very exciting story, was picked up by a movie studio, terrific writing. The only part that didn't hold up were the relationship/love scenes. Neal wrote "The Company You Keep" which was filmed with Robert Redford.......more

Goodreads review by Belinda on March 16, 2016

Het verhaal van twee broers. Beide zoon van een Israëlische generaa en proffesorl. De generaal sterft en dan komt het verhaal niet alleen van hem maar ook wat de twee broers vonden, dachten en deden met de nalatenschap van hun vader. Hoe zit dit toch allemaal in elkaar? wat heeft Dov ermee te maken,......more

Goodreads review by Wolfgang on February 08, 2016

Amazing book ! Le Carré and Highsmith mixed into one package plus Neil Gordon's unbelievable ability to capture times and characters. This book takes patience. Lots of puzzle pieces are layered out slowly and via the inner thoughts of the main characters. But language and style make you want to read......more