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Footpaths in the painted city

a search for shipwrecked ancestors, forgotten histories and a sense of home
Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Shepard, Sadia
Verfasser*innenangabe: Sadia Shepard
Jahr: 2009
Verlag: London, Atlantic Books
Mediengruppe: Buch
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Sadia Shepard's mother was Muslim, her father Catholic. But when she found out her Pakistani grandmother had been born Jewish in Bombay, she set out to discover the disappearing Jews of India - and uncover her own roots...The Bene Israel believe they are descended from one of the Lost Tribes of Israel, shipwrecked on India's Konkan coast over two thousand years ago.Sadia headed to India in search of the Bene Israel community, wanting to understand their unique traditions, and to fulfill a promise she made to her grandmother before she died.Weaving together the story of her grandparents' secret marriage with an evocative account of a little-known and dying Jewish community, "Footpaths in the Painted City" is a beautifully affecting depiction of a young woman's attempt to come to terms with her family's past in order to shape her own future.

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Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Shepard, Sadia
Verfasser*innenangabe: Sadia Shepard
Jahr: 2009
Verlag: London, Atlantic Books
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Systematik: Suche nach dieser Systematik FS.E, BB.OF
Interessenkreis: Suche nach diesem Interessenskreis Sprache: Englisch
ISBN: 978-1-8435-4605-4
2. ISBN: 1-8435-4605-1
Beschreibung: 357 S.
Schlagwörter: Genealogie, Indien, Juden, Ahnenforschung
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Mediengruppe: Buch