Self-sustaining, deeply-religious, and heavily-armed, they have followed their self-proclaimed prophet, Natan of Flatbush, from Brooklyn to this new land.īut the brutal murder of Natan’s teenage son throws their tight community into turmoil. The Dönme sect―a group of Jewish-Islamic adherents with ancient roots―lives in an isolated community on rural land outside of smalltown Mt. Swirling with secrets and their consequences, exploring how revelation and redemption might be accessed through sin, and driven through twists and turns toward a startling conclusion, The 12th Commandment is a brilliant novel by award-winning author Daniel Torday. Torday is a Professor of Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College. A two-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award for fiction and the Sami Rohr Choice Prize, Torday’s stories and essays have appeared in Tin House, The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, and n+1, and have been honored by the Best American Short Stories and Best American Essays series. Longlisted for the Morning News Tournament of Books.Įsquire Magazine's "Best 149 Words Published This Year."įrench, Czech, Spanish and Japanese editions.ĭaniel Torday is the author of THE 12th COMMANDMENT, THE LAST FLIGHT OF POXL WEST, and BOOMER1. New York Times Book Review's Paperback Row. Jewish Book Council's 15 Books that Shape the Year in Jewish Literature.Ī Best Books of the Year So Far 2015.īookPage's Best Books of the Year So Far 2015.
Philadelphia Inquirer's Best Books of 2015. Winner of the 2015 National Jewish Book Award for fiction.įinalist for the 2015 Edward Lewis Wallant Award. Winner of the 2017 Sami Rohr Choice Prize. International Dublin Literary Award longlist.
New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice.
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