A family is torn apart by fierce belief and private longing in this unprecedented journey deep inside the most insular Hasidic sect, the Satmar.       Sweeping from the Central European countryside just before World War II to Paris to contemporary Williamsburg, Brooklyn, I Am Forbidden brings to life four generations of one Satmar family.     In 1939 Transylvania, five-year-old Josef witnesses the murder of his family by the Romanian Iron Guard. He is rescued by a Christian maid who raises him as her own son. Five years later, Josef rescues a young girl, Mila, after her parents are killed while running toward the Rebbe they hoped would save them. Josef helps Mila reach Zalman Stern, a leader in the Satmar community, in whose home Mila is raised as a sister to Zalman's daughter, Atara. With the rise of communism in central Europe, the family moves to Paris, to the Marais, where Zalman tries to raise his children apart from the city in which they live. As the two girls mature, Mila's faith intensifies, while her beloved sister Atara discovers a world of books and learning that she cannot ignore.            A beautifully crafted, emotionally gripping story of what happens when unwavering love, unyielding law, and centuries of tradition collide, I Am Forbidden announces the arrival of an extraordinarily gifted voice and opens a startling window on a world closed to most of us.

I Am Forbidden

Literature & Fiction

Markovits, Anouk

Contemporary

Vintage

A family is torn apart by fierce belief and private longing in this unprecedented journey deep inside the most insular sect of Hasidic Jews, the Satmar. Opening in 1939 Transylvania, five-year-old Josef witnesses the murder of his family by the Romanian Iron Guard and is rescued by a Christian maid to be raised as her own son. Five years later, Josef rescues a young girl, Mila, after her parents are killed while running to meet the Rebbe they hoped would save them. Josef helps Mila reach Zalman Stern, a leader in the Satmar community, in whose home Mila is raised as a sister to Zalman's daughter, Atara. With the rise of communism in central Europe, the family moves to Paris, to the Marais, where Zalman tries to raise his children apart from the city in which they live. Mila's faith intensifies, while her beloved sister Atara discovers a world of books and learning that she cannot ignore. A beautifully crafted, emotionally gripping story of what happens when unwavering love, unyielding law, and centuries of tradition collide, I Am Forbidden announces the arrival of an extraordinarily gifted new voice and opens a startling window on a world closed to most of us.

I Am Forbidden: A Novel

Literary

Hogarth

A family is torn apart by fierce belief and private longing in this unprecedented journey deep inside the most insular Hasidic sect, the Satmar. Sweeping from the Central European countryside just before World War II to Paris to contemporary Williamsburg, Brooklyn, I Am Forbidden brings to life four generations of one Satmar family. In 1939 Transylvania, five-year-old Josef witnesses the murder of his family by the Romanian Iron Guard. He is rescued by a Christian maid who raises him as her own son. Five years later, Josef rescues a young girl, Mila, after her parents are killed while running toward the Rebbe they hoped would save them. Josef helps Mila reach Zalman Stern, a leader in the Satmar community, in whose home Mila is raised as a sister to Zalman's daughter, Atara. With the rise of communism in central Europe, the family moves to Paris, to the Marais, where Zalman tries to raise his children apart from the city in which they live. As the two girls mature, Mila's faith intensifies, while her beloved sister Atara discovers a world of books and learning that she cannot ignore. A beautifully crafted, emotionally gripping story of what happens when unwavering love, unyielding law, and centuries of tradition collide, I Am Forbidden announces the arrival of an extraordinarily gifted voice and opens a startling window on a world closed to most of us.

Bond Street Books

Anchor Canada

In 1939 Transylvania, five-year-old Josef witnesses the murder of his family by the Romanian Iron Guard. He's rescued by a Gentile maid and raised as her own son. Five years later, Josef rescues young Mila after her parents are killed while running to meet the Rebbe Zalman Stern. Josef helps Mila reach Zalman, a leader in the Satmar community, and she is raised as a sister to Zalman's daughter, Atara. As the girls mature, Mila's faith intensifies, while Atara discovers a world of books. The rise of communism forces the family to move to Paris, where Zalman tries to raise his children within his strict tradition. Mila marries within the faith, while Atara questions the fundamentalist doctrine. The young women are estranged by their choices until a dangerous secret threatens to banish them from the only community they've ever known. A beautifully crafted, emotionally gripping story of what happens when unwavering love, unyielding law, and centuries of tradition co

I Am Forbidden (Platinum Readers Circle (Center Point))

Center Point

Mientras un terremoto politico sacude Europa, el pequeno Josef Lichtenstein es testigo del asesinato de su familia a manos de un guardia de hierro rumano. Salvado por la criada, que lo bautiza y lo hace pasar por hijo suyo, cinco anos despues el mismo salva a Mila, una nina judia que ha sufrido un trance similar. Asi, Mila consigue llegar hasta Zalman Stern, lider de la comunidad jasidica satmer, en cuya casa crecera, estrechamente unida a Atara, la primogenita de la familia. Pero una vez instaladas en Paris y alcanzada la mayoria de edad, el camino de las hermanas se bifurca. Si Atara cuestiona lo incuestionable y busca en los libros prohibidos verdades diferentes, Mila absorbe con conviccion los estrictos preceptos religiosos que le inculcaron. Sin embargo, anos mas tarde, ya casada y viviendo en Nueva York, esa misma rigidez la empuja a tomar una decision desesperada, que amenazara con destruir a su familia y expulsarla del unico mundo que conoce. / A family is torn apart by fierce belief and private longing in this unprecedented journey deep inside the most insular Hasidic sect, the Satmar.

Las hijas de Zalman (Spanish Edition)

Salamandra

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I Am Forbidden

I Am Forbidden: A Novel

I Am Forbidden: A Novel

I Am Forbidden

I Am Forbidden

I Am Forbidden (Platinum Readers Circle (Center Point))

Las hijas de Zalman (Spanish Edition)