The Book of Rachel

Esther David · 2006 CE · Novel · Indian · Contemporary

Rachel, the last of the Bene Israel Jews in a Konkan village, keeps its synagogue standing against developers who want the ground. Recipes and family memory run between the chapters. The novel comes from a Gujarati Jewish writer and won the Sahitya Akademi Award in English.

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