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From the internationally acclaimed author of The Preservationist comes a provocative retelling of the story of Eve and Adam, Abel and Cain--a novel of temptation and murder, of exile and loss. Once expelled from the Garden, Eve and Adam have to find their way past recriminations and bitterness to construct a new life together in a harsh land. But the challenges are many for the world's first family. Among their children are Cain and Abel, and soon...

"Banished forever from Paradise for refusing to submit to Adam’s will, Lilith, endowed with wisdom from the Tree of Knowledge, finds her quest for justice driving her through history where she finally understands what must be done to correct the wrong done to women—and all humankind—at the beginning of time."--

"A woman who believes she is living a perfect life begins to wonder why her husband is away at work so much, and also what is in the locked basement she is not permitted to enter."--

"Ingenious." -Vogue "Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand takes on nothing less than the creation myth of Western culture."  -Salman Rushdie The winner of the prestigious 2008 Biblioteca Breve Prize-joining such renowned Latin American luminaries as Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes-acclaimed poet and novelist Gioconda Belli's Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand is a wholly creative and original re-imagining of the story of Adam and...

"The book of Lilith tells the real story of creation. Lilith is the first human to be given a soul by God following a thirteen billion year process of mechanical, soulless evolution. Her job is to give souls to all things and awaken them to the Watcher that watches the watcher, watching the world. The first person she grants a soul to is Adam, who is given a job of his own: to invent the definition of sin, create a moral sense in a world that utterly...