Penned by a francophone native of Louisiana of African descent, "The Fortune Teller" is Victor Sejour's retelling of Edgardo Mortara's removal from his home by the Bologna inquisitor. In Sejour's rendering, an infant girl Noemi is taken from her Jewish family after being baptized by a wet nurse. Seventeen years later, the baby's widowed and wealthy mother masquerades as a poor fortune-teller in search of her daughter. Featuring stirring translations by Shapiro and thoroughly engaging introductions by Weiss, these provocative historical dramas highlight the discrimination not only of Sejour's time, but of ours as well.
这是一本关于“歧视”的书。Penned by a francophone native of Louisiana of African descent, "The Fortune Teller" is Victor Sejour's retelling of Edgardo Mortara's removal from his home by the Bologna inquisitor. In Sejour's rendering, an infant girl Noemi is taken from her Jewish family after being baptized by a wet nurse. Seventeen years later, the baby's widowed and wealthy mother masquerades as a poor fortune-teller in search of her daughter. Featuring stirring translations by Shapiro and thoroughly engaging introductions by Weiss, these provocative historical dramas highlight the discrimination not only of Sejour's time, but of ours as well.
这是一本关于“歧视”的书。