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Noah Gordon

Born

in Worcester, Massachusetts, The United States

November 11, 1926

Died

November 22, 2021

Website

http://www.noahgordon.com

Genre

Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction

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Noah Gordon was an American novelist. Some of the topics covered within his novels include medical history and medical ethics. More recently he had begun to focus more on themes relating to the Inquisition, and Jewish cultural history. His novel Shaman won the first James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction in 1993.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 93,551 ratings · 5,020 reviews · 80 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 49,502 ratings — published 1986 — 189 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shaman (Cole Family Trilogy, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 13,814 ratings — published 1992 — 123 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Jew: A Novel of The Spanish Inquisition 4.14 avg rating — 9,095 ratings — published 1999 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Matters of Choice (Cole Family Trilogy, #3) 3.48 avg rating — 6,695 ratings — published 1995 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La bodega 3.88 avg rating — 5,347 ratings — published 2006 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jerusalem Diamond 3.63 avg rating — 2,630 ratings — published 1979 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rabbi 3.73 avg rating — 2,326 ratings — published 1965 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cole Trilogy: The Physician, Shaman, and Matters of Choice 4.34 avg rating — 1,345 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death Committee 3.50 avg rating — 1,611 ratings — published 1969 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Médico. Volumen I 4.48 avg rating — 995 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I think of the separation between life and Paradise as a river,” Mirdin said. “If there are many bridges that cross the river, should it be of great concern to God which bridge the traveler chooses?”
― Noah Gordon, The Physician

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“And though you study medicine for a score of lifetimes, there will come to you people whose illnesses are mysteries, for the anguish of which you speak is part and parcel of the profession of healing and must be lived with.”
― Noah Gordon, The Physician

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“Life is glorious, but it can be counted on to be cruel.”
― Noah Gordon, The Last Jew: A Novel of The Spanish Inquisition

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