Červený stan - 2 CDmp3 (Čte Kateřina Winterová)

From the sands of the desert arose a poignant story, one that even Sinuhet would bow to... ***** Dina, the only daughter of the Jewish patriarch Jacob, refuses to accept the role of a humiliated poor girl assigned to her in chapter 34 of the Book of Genesis by the chronicles of the Israelites. A benevolent helper of her strong-willed mother Leah, a diligent student of the midwife, and above all a keen listener to the conversations held by her father's numerous partners in the tent reserved for the days when religious laws deem them 'unclean', she recounts the cruel history of her tribe wandering the deserts of the Middle East. However, her female perspective on history is not 'kitchen'—and certainly not 'gossip'. She merely wishes to point out the true state of affairs, especially when events lead to a tragedy fueled by the interest of a wealthy prince in her charms... ***** The biblical apocrypha by Anita Diamant about the determination of the human heart to rise from the sands of time regardless of the disdain of patriarchy captivates with the same immediacy as the voice of the Egyptian healer Sinuhet. Not to mention it may surpass it. Dina's confession about the strength to start anew, come what may, has traveled the world and in 2015 was adapted into a film starring Rebecca Ferguson. Rightly so. The fervor of the narrative matches the flow of the Euphrates and Nile, on whose banks it unfolds, and assures...