Quarantine (1997 Crace), novel
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Quarantine (1997) is a novel by Jim Crace.
Abstract
Winner of the 1997 Whitbread Novel Award tells the story of four travelers who enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. They encounter the evil merchant, Musa, who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, a faint figure in the distance, fasting for 40 days, a Galilean who they say has the power to work miracles.
Editions and translations
Published in England (London: Hall, 1997) and the United States (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997). Translated into Croatian, Japanese, Korean, Serbian tr., Hebrew, and German.