{"product_id":"the-anointed-paperback","title":"The Anointed - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Arditti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful and subsersive retelling of the Biblical story of David and Bathsheba, by an award-winning novelist at the height of his powers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '[A] fierce, sinewy novel' Howard Jacobsen \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A wonderfully rich novel. Arditti brings Ancient Israel to life' Allan Massie, Scotsman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Michal is a princess, Abigail a wealthy widow, and Bathsheba a soldier's bride, but as women in Ancient Israel their destiny is the same: to obey their fathers, serve their husbands and raise their children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Marriage to King David seems to offer them an escape, but behind the trappings of power they discover a deeply conflicted man. The legendary hero who slew Goliath, founded Jerusalem and saved Israel is also a vicious despot who murders his rivals, massacres his captives and menaces his harem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Michael Arditti's masterly new novel centres on three fascinating, formidable women, whose voices have hitherto been silenced. As they tell of love and betrayal, rape and revenge, motherhood and childlessness, they not only present the time-honoured story in a compelling new light but expose a conflict between male ruthlessness and female resistance, which remains strikingly pertinent today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Arditti is a novelist, short story writer and critic. His novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Celibate\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003ePagan and her Parents\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003ePagan's Father\u003c\/i\u003e in the USA) (1996), \u003ci\u003eEaster\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eUnity\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eA Sea Change\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eThe Enemy of the Good\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eJubilate\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eThe Breath of Night\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eWidows and Orphans\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eOf Men and Angels\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) and \u003ci\u003eThe Anointed\u003c\/i\u003e (2020). His short story collection, \u003ci\u003eGood Clean Fun\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2004. He was awarded a Harold Hyam Wingate scholarship in 2000, a Royal Literary Fund fellowship in 2001, an Oppenheim-John Downes memorial award in 2003 and Arts Council awards in 2004 and 2007. He was the Leverhulme artist in residence at the Freud museum in 2008. His novels have been short- and long-listed for several literary awards and Easter won the inaugural Waterstone's Mardi Gras award. In 2012 he was awarded an Honorary DLitt by the University of Chester.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 341\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699335008319,"sku":"9781911350880","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5f268ce623aeaa4432283ed304ae541a.webp?v=1765013258","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-anointed-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}