'Queen Esther' is John Irving's 16th novel, set to be published in November. The story follows a Jewish orphan from Vienna who ends up in Maine before making her way to Israel. The novel explores themes of antisemitism and the intersection of Esther's life with Israel's history. It ends in Jerusalem in 1981 when Esther is 76. The novel was developed long before the recent Israel-Hamas war and does not have anything to do with the current conflict.
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