- Paperback: 248 pages
- Publisher: Seal Pr; First Printing edition (Oct 1994)
- ISBN-10: 1878067516
- ISBN-13: 978-1878067517
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,407,070 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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On Passover night, Rainbow Rosenbloom meets the executor of vengeance for ancient wrongs, the cocky dybbuk, Kokos. In fulfilment of an 18th-century curse, the ambivalent spook, having hunted Rainbow throughout the ages, finally fulfils her quest. By the author of "Queendom Come".
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The dyke and the dybbuk is the story of a Rainbow Rosenbloom, a London cabbie and part-time film critic, about as kosher as bacon-covered lobster. Accompanied with a gaggle of interfering female relatives, the book follows her possession by a demon (dybbuk) and subsequent adventures, including her hopeless pursuit of an ultra-orthodox, deeply religious, married woman. It's funny, sassy and sprinkled with yiddish. If you want a laugh, a supernatural romp or just a quality gay novel from this side of the pond, this is all those things and more. Never takes itself too seriously and never boring ****
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Nifty little book
6 Oct 2004
Format:Paperback
You don't need to be a Jewish lesbian to enjoy the strong female characters [Gay sex is kept to a descriptive minimum] and the spin on jewish mysticism and folklore that is presented in this book. Who would take offense to corporate politics displacing Sheol or the dybbuk's attempts to modernize haunting in the 21st century? The dybbuk comments on the holocaust are priceless as is the sly treatment of evil and the afterlife in the book. Very Jewish! By the way, I will never look at the Hasidim the same way again...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
not bad, not bad...
16 April 2000
Format:Paperback
considering this is my first delve into lesbian and jewish literature, i was quite impressed. the book gave a whole new outlook on evil spirits and demons and gave jewish lesbians an interesting perspective. the only reason the book didnt get 5/5 stars from me is that the ending could've been a little stronger. other than that, the book was wonderful!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
witty, funny and full of lesbian and Jewish life
22 Nov 1997
Format:Paperback
Ellen Galford's quick wit and sense of historicity make this novel a truly delightful romp through 20th cen. London lesbian, ultraorthodox Jewish and 19th cen. Eastern European Jewish life.
Galford is as witty and literary as Jeanette Winterson, with a Jewish twist and without Winterson's arrogance. Brava, Galford! --Valerie K.
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