A leading Israeli musician and her protege return to Jerusalem for three days to perform with the Philharmonic Orchestra. Both women - one a gifted young cellist, one a Holocaust survivor saved by her extraordinary musical talent - have been in America for some time, are quickly caught up in tangled threads from former lives. Elisheva is reunited with her godson, Daniel; Rachel must face both her distant father and Erytan, a former lover, whose lingering power over her now threatens all she has worked for. Elisheva is coaching Rachel for the solo performance, but something else has drawn her to Jerusalem. Another old friend has lured a Nazi eugenicist, the Butcher of Majdanek, to Israel from Venezuela. The Butcher performed torturous experiments on Elisheva, determining not only her fate but also that of her closest friends. On the third day of her stay, the day of the concert, she will take her revenge.
'An exceptional novel by an exceptional woman' Emilie Grangeray, Le Monde. 'History, emotion, passion, drama ... The bow of Chochana Boukhobza does wonders' Marianne Payot, L'Express.
Title: The third day
Subtitle:
Contributors:
By (author)
Chochana Boukhobza
;
Translated by
Alison Anderson
ISBN 13: 9780857050977
ISBN 10: 0857050974
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
Imprint: Maclehose Press
Publication Date: 1/05/2012
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Modern fiction
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm