Shylock's Daughter pb
No. of pages 272
Published: 2001
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'Facinating and Moving' Sunday Times
Venice, 1568 Jessica is sixteen - and trapped. She's tired of the endless rules of the Jewish Ghetto. Tired of her father Shylock's meanness. Now she wants to be free.
Lorenzo is everything Jessica ever wanted - handsome, charming, aristoratic and flattering. Jessica can't help but fall in love. After all, Lorenzo is surely her way into a wonderful new life.
But Lorenzo is a Christian and Jessica is a Jew. And the price of freedom can be desperately high...
'Extraordinarily powerful.' Literary Review
'An eye-opening and empathetic novel, with resonancesfor any society where racism exists and cultures clash. Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times
There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Pan Macmillan .
Mirjam Pressler is an award-winning author of several novels for young people, which have been translated into many languages. She is a highly regarded expert on the life of Anne Frank. She lives in the Bavarian countryside.