Manual da Paixão Solitária

Asked to discuss one chapter of Genesis, an eminent historian and the former pupil who became his adversary each take a voice: he speaks as Shelah, the last of Judah's sons, she as Tamar. Tamar is married to Er, who dies without giving her a child; Onan, made to take his brother's place, refuses her an heir and dies in turn; and Judah, fearing for his youngest, keeps him away from her. Shamed and childless, she devises the trick for which she is remembered, here told with comic irreverence.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

216 pages in the original

Genres

Satire, Historical, Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Brazil, Israel

First published

2008 by Companhia das Letras

Author's age

71 when first published

ISBN

9788535913552 (original)