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After These Things (Paperback)
by Jenny Diski (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New Ed edition (3 Feb 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844080153
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844080151
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 562,031 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Particularly good on the sibling rivalries, petty jealousies and jockeying for position that drive Abraham's offspring'

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'This is a brilliantly accomplished book. Read it now, and then force it on people you like' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Much more than the story it sets out to interpret., 27 Mar 2008
In After These things Jenny Diski accomplishes an almost impossible task. She starts with a well known story, and thus a plot ready declared, a story that claims history and yet is read as myth. She reworks it, gives shape, form and thought to characters we think we might already know, and then puts words in their mouths. She finally presents the whole as an original work, a novel of deception, love and the intricacies of family life in a culture now perceived as alien. And she succeeds brilliantly, creating a new experience in a new world for the reader within a familiarity that her approach reinterprets.

After These Things is born of the Old Testament. Abraham and Isaac, then Jacob and Esau, Rachel and Leah and finally Joseph and his half brothers, all face one another in head-to-head rivalry. There is trickery and deception, bullying and exploitation, politics and self-interest. Individual battles are fought, private wars are waged, all in the name of family. For instance, Jacob profits through his trickery, but is later himself the victim of Leah's coup. And so within each rivalry t