The Elixir of Immortality (Paperback)

from randalrh

This book, a passing down through generations of a set of fates, really (literally a book), is either a five-star melding of stories of a Jewish family in 800 years of European history, or a three-star collection of mostly well-told but somewhat repetitive and uneven stories. Which will depend a ...

from elka.gimpel

Spanning 1,000 years, The Elixir of Immortality weaves the Spinoza family saga through European and Jewish history. Acting as the frame story, Ari, the narrator, begins by explaining that he is childless, dying and wants to keep his family history from disappearing with him. Focusing on one son p...

from abealy

Gabi Gleichmann has written a stunning multi-generational story of a Jewish family that invokes all the important events in Europe's long history. Since the eleventh century and the vision of the Portuguese healer Baruch el Espinosa, the Spinoza family have passed down, from generation to generat...