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S'està carregant… The Red Tentde Anita Diamant
  
» 36 més Historical Fiction (42) Five star books (161) Books That Made Me Cry (102) Female Protagonist (286) Favourite Books (1,043) Unread books (322) Books Read in 2015 (1,626) 1990s (78) A Novel Cure (272) My favourite books (80) Books tagged favorites (330) Contemporary Fiction (56) Jewish Books (10) Women's Stories (82) No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Borrowed  beckykb6 | Apr 13, 2022 |  This was so good. I cant belive I am only reading it now. (  ) HeatherRoseBotta | Apr 12, 2022 | It is a biblical story following Dinah from the Book of Genesis. It is a feminist retelling of her story and that of her mothers, the four wives of Jacob. The only familiarity I had with this era of the Bible was Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Even though it's not a Christmas story, for some reason my family and I, when I was growing up, always went to see a stage performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which was always put on in December where we lived, so I always associated it with Christmas. But what I didn't know until I read this book and read more about this book is that Joseph had a sister. In the play and in the movie version with Donny Osmond, Joseph only has brothers. But apparently in the Bible he has a sister, who is completely ignored in all versions of the musical that I'm aware of, which is especially infuriating because it's a crime that the brothers do to Dinah by murdering her husband that causes them to be cursed. So it was a little heart-wrenching to know that a story I grew up loving and seeing every year completely cut out both the sister and the multiple wives of Jacob. But it was nice to have them focused on in this book, and the book was great. (  ) hissingpotatoes | Jan 16, 2022 | Made up Story about a woman at biblical times. (  ) kakadoo202 | Jan 1, 2022 | Had to read for a book club. I'm regretting choosing it because it's so lady-centric that it will probably alientate any male reader. So much birthing, oh god. I had to go and look up the story of Jacob because I know nothing about the bible. It was interesting to hear this sad tale told from a woman's perspective. Mostly I was just really glad to be living in the modern era. So many women lost their lives in childbirth. So many babies died. Ugh. I wanted to know how much of this was rooted in historical fact and how much Diamant made up because there was some CRAZY stuff in here about how they worshiped and first menstruation rituals and what not. (  ) readingjag | Nov 29, 2021 |
The Red Tent instantly drew me in from its very first paragraph. The narrative voice, that of Dinah, reminded me a lot of that of Margaret Atwood’s wonderful Penelopiad which I read last year. It was strong but slightly melancholy and conveyed the same idea of reclaiming the story of a marginal woman from a great male narrative, telling the story from a new, feminine perspective and revealing what ‘really’ happened. The red tent of the title is the separate tent set aside for the women where they go while menstruating to keep apart from the men. The Red Tent then is a very appropriate title as the book focused almost exclusively on feminine concerns: becoming a woman, giving birth and finding a husband. I appreciated this insight into their secret world and I liked the idea of telling a masculine story to recentre it around the women. Contingut aTé l'adaptacióHa inspiratTé una guia de referència/complementTé una guia d'estudi per a estudiants
The story of Dinah, a tragic character from the Bible whose great love, a prince, is killed by her brother, leaving her alone and pregnant. The novel traces her life from childhood to death, in the process examining sexual and religious practices of the day, and what it meant to be a woman. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.54 — Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (4.03)
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