Nancy Ludmerer | Author
NEW RELEASE!
SARRA COPIA: A LOCKED-IN LIFE, OCTOBER 24, 2023
Sarra Copia: A Locked-in Life is historical fiction based on the life of the title character, who was confined in the Jewish ghetto in Venice from her birth in 1592 until her death forty-nine years later.
Sarra's father supported her secular as well as her Hebrew education, and she studied classical Greek, Latin, and philosophy, and wrote poetry and letters. Sarra even convened a literary salon in the ghetto that was attended regularly by Christian clerics-including one who came to accuse her of heresy.
In crystalline prose, Nancy Ludmerer reimagines Sarra's relationships with her family, her inner world, and her strong but often troubled connections with the Christian world outside the ghetto.
New York City-native, Nancy Ludmerer is an author of over 75 published stories and essays. Nancy's fiction has been described as "trim, witty, unpredictable" (Stuart Dybek), "at times hilarious, at other times heartbreaking" (Alice Kaltman), and filled with characters that "stay with you because they have so much heart" (Pamela Painter). Her "small crystalline stories" (Karin Lin-Greenberg) reveal "what goes on when the doors are closed and the shades drawn" (Paul Beckman). She "writes with deep understanding of the nuanced frailties of human relations" (Kaltman).
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Nancy is a native-New Yorker whose writing career has spanned over 3 decades. Beyond having been published in leading journals, Nancy is the recipient of numerous awards.
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