John Irving's 'Queen Esther' returns readers to setting of 'The Cider House Rules'
In John Irving's next book, the author is returning to St. Cloud's, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed ...
The Times of Israel6h
John Irving’s new novel, ‘Queen Esther,’ touches decades of Israeli history
Book to be released in November tells story of Esther Nacht, Viennese Jew born in 1905 whose life 'is fated to intersect with ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency1h
Author John Irving’s new novel, ‘Queen Esther,’ deals with Israel and antisemitism
The novelist John Irving is famous for telling stories set in his native New England and in Austria, the site of a pivotal ...
TV Guide1y
The Bible Collection: Esther - Full Cast & Crew
Esther succeeds in enchanting the king with her extraordinary beauty and charm, and he makes her his queen. The king promotes his loyal subject Haman - whose family is notably anti-Jewish - to the ...
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Esther is the real queen of the art of the deal
Queen Esther, the story’s heroine, wields a form of power that is often hard to recognize. Esther’s power, at once demure and mighty, manifests as sacred vulnerability. Characterized by ...