The Turquoise Ring
by Grace Tiffany
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Acclaimed novelist Grace Tiffany revisits Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and offers a radical new interpretation of the famous character, Shylock. In 1568, 21-year-old Shiloh ben Gozan flees the Spanish Inquisition to live openly as a Jew in Venice and brings with him a turquoise ring. In Venice, as this ring is lost, stolen, traded and found again, it shapes not just Shiloh's life, but also that of his great enemy and business rival. A passionate and evocative take on the Shylock show more story. - Joel Gross show lessTags
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Grace Tiffany is a professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama at Western Michigan University.
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- Canonical title
- The Turquoise Ring
- Original publication date
- 2005-05
- People/Characters
- Shiloh ben Gozán; Leah; Jessica; Nerissa; Portia; Xanthe
- Important places
- Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain; Venice, Veneto, Italy; Spain
- Epigraph
- "It was my turquoise,
I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor...."
—William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice - Dedication
- To Karen
- First words
- The ring lay on the back corner of the one of the swordmaker's shelves.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Out in the gulf where the trade routes began, merchant ships crossed paths in its light, and the waves were washed with silver.
- Blurbers
- Gross, Joel
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- Languages
- English, Hungarian
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 1
