Dinah's story reaches out from a remarkable period of early history and creates an intimate connection with the past.ĭeeply affecting, The Red Tent combines rich storytelling with a valuable achievement in modern fiction: a new view of biblical women's society. They love Dinah and give her gifts that sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. It begins with the story of her mothers-Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah-the four wives of Jacob. Told in Dinah's voice, this novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood-the world of the red tent. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that are about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons. Dinah, famously a daughter and a sister, finally. Red Tent by Anita Diamant 4.4 (199) Paperback (New Edition) 12.15 Ship This Item Temporarily Out of Stock Online Buy Online, Pick up in Store Check Availability at Nearby Stores Overview Her name is Dinah. The tent is, as the narrator says, an earthbound rainbow, which is also true of this novel. The tent is red because of the falling sun, and because of the flowing blood. For attendees of the event with Anita Diamant at the Morrill Memorial Library in Norwood on July 24, please choose in-store pickup and we'll be happy to bring your books to the event for you. The wives of Jacob gather in the red tent, and in that image Anita Diamant has found the heart of a pulsing and moving novel.
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