Sacred

The moving story of a young woman whose life is abruptly interrupted when her husband bows to pressure and decides he must divorce her after ten years of happy marriage. Despite their genuine love for each other which the woman perceives as an unbreakable and sacred bond, their failure to produce a child is seen as shameful by their ultra-orthodox Jewish family. It is thought that God is not blessing the union so the husband gives into the demands of his family to marry a new wife, irrespective of the facts relating to his own infertility.

The loss felt by the young woman at the heart of the story who cannot bring herself to tell her husband the truth and hurt his manhood, is told in an intimate and intensely poignant style.

Made into a feature film by Amos Gitai which became a classic with the title 'Kadosh' ('Sacred'), it was selected for Cannes Film Festival.

The novel is the Winner Of The 'Prix Des Écrivains Croyants', Finalist for the Prix Femina and the Academy Francaise's Grand Prix du Roman