Dreams of bread and fire

Poetic and assured, Dreams of bread and fire is a beautifully etched tale of romance, idealism, and the quest for self-identity.

Ani Silver is a young American woman whose half-Jewish, half-Armenian heritage seems a mere footnote to her own identity until the dark shadows of history insinuate themselves into her otherwise peaceful life. She is soon propelled into a profound and passionate series of journeys - a quest for a long-dead father, a search for the clues of a nearly forgotten genocide, and a love threatened by a quietly gathering storm of murder and retribution. Both funny and heartbreaking, clear through to its bold and exquisite conclusion, Dreams of bread and fire is an irresistable novel of passion, ideals, and the temptations - and dangers - of trying to outrun our origins.