Sarah, Marek Halter
Sarah, Marek Halter
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Sarah

Author: Marek Halter

Narrator: Kate Burton

Abridged: 4 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/04/2004


Synopsis

The first novel in a dazzling new trilogy about the women of the Old Testament by internationally bestselling author Marek Halter.

The story of Sarah--and of history itself--begins in the cradle of civilization: the Sumerian city-state of Ur, a land of desert heat, towering gardens, and immense wealth. The daughter of a powerful lord, Sarah is raised in great luxury, but balks at the arranged marriage her father has planned for her. The groom is handsome and a nobleman, but on their wedding day, Sarah panics and impulsively flees to the vast, empty marshes outside the city walls. There she meets a young man, Abram, a member of a nomadic tribe of outsiders. Drawn to this exotic stranger, Sarah spends the night with him, but reluctantly returns to her father’s house. But on her return, still desperate to avoid another wedding, she drinks a poisonous potion that will make her barren and thus unfit for marriage.

Many years later, Abram’s people return to Ur, and he discovers that the lost, rebellious girl from the marsh has been transformed into the most splendid and revered woman in Sumeria--the high priestess of the goddess Ishtar. But the memory of their night together has always haunted Sarah, and she gives up her exalted life to join Abram's tribe and follow the one true God, an invisible deity who speaks only to Abram. It is then that her journey truly begins--a journey that holds the key to her remarkable destiny as the mother of nations.

From the great ziggurat of Ishtar and the fertile valleys of Canaan to the bedchamber of the mighty Pharaoh himself, Sarah’s story reveals an ancient world full of beauty, intrigue, and miracles.

About The Author

Marek Halter was born in Poland in 1936. During World War II, his family escaped the Warsaw ghetto and eventually settled in France. He is the author of several critically acclaimed, bestselling novels. Lilah is the final installment in the sweeping, bestselling Canaan trilogy, which also includes Sarah and Zipporah, Wife of Moses.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi

A historical fiction about the early days of Abraham from Sarah's (Sarai's) point-of-view. I think that this novel wasted an opportunity for a great story. Like a majority of women in the Bible, Sarai's life was largely untold. So, Marek Halter had a blank slate to work with. And what he wrote for Sar......more

Goodreads review by Manny

The Book of Marek 1. Now in those days there dwelled in the land of the France'ites a man named Ma'rek, who was a prophet of the Lord. 2. And Ma'rek had suffered much for his faith and undergone many trials. And he had seen how strange are the Lord's ways. 3. Now Ma'rek had need of gold. And he prayed......more

Goodreads review by Gary

This is a beautifully written and rich account of the author's impression of the life of Sarai, the matriarch of the Nation of Israel. It begin's with her initiation at the age of twelve in the city of Ur, where she is the beautiful daughter of a wealthy nobleman ,after her 'first blood'. She is then......more

Goodreads review by Abby

This book is a fine example of expecting one thing and getting another. Objectively, not a bad book. If Sarah was just a basic historical fiction of the time, that is. But as a woman of the Bible, I was expecting a book with Biblically accurate story. It frustrated me so much I couldn't look at the......more