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The forgetting river

Doreen Carvajal

2013336 pagesabout 5–8 hours
2013
first published
  • 2013Penguin Publishing Group · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9781594631528

Traces the author's research into her family story after discovering that her ancestors were forced to renounce their Jewish faith in Inquisition-era Spain, describing her visit to the centuries-old Andalusian town of Arcos de la Frontera, where modern locals remain haunted by memories of past tragedies.

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