Title : The Book of the Lost - François Debré - book

• Summary

This novel takes place during the revolutionary period and tells the story of how French Jews gained citizenship. It follows the character of Théodore Cerf, a young Jewish orphan who became a figure of the Enlightenment.

The Book of the Perplexed begins at the end of the 18th century, with a pogrom scene in an Alsatian village. It tells the story of the accession of French Jews to French citizenship, led by the character of Théodore Cerf, a young orphan who became a figure of the Enlightenment.
This novel takes place against a backdrop of anti-Semitism in an entire society and competition between poor Jews from the East of France and wealthy Jews well established in Paris and Bordeaux.
It is the story of this march towards justice, integration, dignity, and reconciliation between Jews and Christians that François Debré tells us in this beautiful book.

• EAN : 9782716508742
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