“A dazzling history, well recounted by Edna Fernandes in this pacy, fascinating account of a Jewish settlement little known in the West,”
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Alison Withers Editor of Gap Year
October 3, 2008 – 9:49 pm
“Fernandes has carefully pieced together a remarkable and ultimately tragic story of the consequences of religion-induced intolerance, human pride and stubbornness and a fitting follow-up to her first book, Holy Warriors,” Read Review at Gap Year
The Times
October 3, 2008 – 9:47 pm
“The extinction of the few remaining Jews of Cochin is imminent…this short, tragic testament will memorialise them,” Read review at The Times
Economist
October 3, 2008 – 9:46 pm
“Fascinating. The story is compelling, the author’s reporting of it assiduous. Indeed, she has unearthed gems,”
Jewish Book Week
October 3, 2008 – 9:46 pm
“The gripping story of a dying community in Southern Indian…How racial snobbery and prejudice led to apartheid between the White and Black Jews. Real food for thought”
Jewish Chronicle
October 3, 2008 – 9:45 pm
“Fernandes has produced a moving account of the declining Jewish community of Cochin in southern India. Her patiently conducted interviews draw out an affecting story of human foibles,”
GG2 Life
October 3, 2008 – 9:44 pm
“A history that goes back to the time of King Solomon and charts the clash that occurred between the white and black Jews. The Last Jews of Kerala is almost a lament. With a touching, lively voice, she charts the community’s glorious rise and descent,”
Morning Star
October 3, 2008 – 9:44 pm
“Edna Fernandes’s book is based on the last remaining members of these two Jewish communities in Kerala, their histories and fatal caste divisions. A sad story told in a sympathetic way,” Read Review at the Morning Star
Naseem Khan, Guardian
October 3, 2008 – 9:42 pm
‘What a cast of characters make their way through this sharp-witted and straight-talking book: the fatuous and the venal, the self-important and the deluded, the exploitative and the corrupt. Edna Fernandes has undertaken to track down figures who epitomise the most depressing facet of Indian life – its holy warriors – as well as some [...]
The Independent
October 3, 2008 – 9:41 pm
‘Fernandes reports on India’s differences with compelling insight. Holy Warriors makes for vital reading, showing India’s urgent need to rearticulate an inclusive identity, to master change and exceed past glories,’ Read the review at The Independent.
