I read The Red Tent by Anita Diamant at the suggestion of my friend, Hannah. I suggested that she read The Alchemist, one of my favorite books, and she reciprocated by suggesting I read one of her favorite books. I put it off for a couple of weeks, as I was reading a few other things in my queue. However, in the last week of the semester, I picked it up to give it a read.
The Red Tent focuses on the (minor) biblical character Dinah, Jacob's only daughter. While Dinah is the daughter of a rather important patriarch in the Bible, her famous father and brothers have relatively minor roles in the book. The story focuses mostly on the women in the family- Dinah, her mother Leah, and her three aunts. It's a book focuses on women's narratives, in a world that is mostly patriarchal.
Diamant does a great job of recreating the world of shepherds, tribes, traders, and caravans. It is an interesting narrative about a character about whom I knew very little. I enjoyed the story, especially as it focused on one of my favorite areas of the world, the Middle East.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent focuses on the (minor) biblical character Dinah, Jacob's only daughter. While Dinah is the daughter of a rather important patriarch in the Bible, her famous father and brothers have relatively minor roles in the book. The story focuses mostly on the women in the family- Dinah, her mother Leah, and her three aunts. It's a book focuses on women's narratives, in a world that is mostly patriarchal.
Diamant does a great job of recreating the world of shepherds, tribes, traders, and caravans. It is an interesting narrative about a character about whom I knew very little. I enjoyed the story, especially as it focused on one of my favorite areas of the world, the Middle East.
The Red Tent
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