{"product_id":"the-weight-of-ink-paperback","title":"The Weight of Ink - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Kadish\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD \u003cbr\u003e A \u003cem\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A gifted writer, astonishingly adept at nuance, narration, and the politics of passion.\"--Toni Morrison\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, \u003cem\u003eThe Weight of Ink\u003c\/em\u003e is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Helen is summoned by a former student to view a cache of newly discovered seventeenth-century Jewish documents, she enlists the help of Aaron Levy, an American graduate student as impatient as he is charming, and embarks on one last project: to determine the identity of the documents' scribe, the elusive \"Aleph.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Electrifying and ambitious, \u003cem\u003eThe Weight of Ink\u003c\/em\u003e is about women separated by centuries--and the choices and sacrifices they must make in order to reconcile the life of the heart and mind.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRACHEL KADISH is the award-winning author of the novels \u003ci\u003eFrom a Sealed Room\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTolstoy Lied: A Love Story, \u003c\/i\u003eand the novella \u003ci\u003eI Was Here. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work has appeared on NPR and in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times, Ploughshares, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 7.7 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52009998647597,"sku":"9781328915788","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-weight-of-ink-paperback-1059211.webp?v=1777444507","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-weight-of-ink-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}