Tears and Prayers of Fools e-bog
403,64 DKK
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This extraordinary novel is part of Grigory Kanovich's "e;Litvak saga,"e; his tribute to Jewish life before the Holocaust. Set in a small Lithuanian town in the late nineteenth century, the story begins with the arrival of a stranger who sets everyone on edge and seems to know their secrets. Is he a messenger from God, a long-lost son, a saint, or a madman? As the stranger in the velvet...
E-bog
403,64 DKK
Forlag
Syracuse University Press
Udgivet
16 oktober 2023
Genrer
FA
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780815656883
This extraordinary novel is part of Grigory Kanovich's "e;Litvak saga,"e; his tribute to Jewish life before the Holocaust. Set in a small Lithuanian town in the late nineteenth century, the story begins with the arrival of a stranger who sets everyone on edge and seems to know their secrets. Is he a messenger from God, a long-lost son, a saint, or a madman? As the stranger in the velvet yarmulke makes his rounds, we meet an unforgettable cast of characters-Rabbi Uri, the aged rabbi; Itsik Magid, the strapping young woodcutter; Golda, the resourceful widow; Markus Fradkin, the wealthy timber merchant, and his beautiful daughter Zelda; Yeshua Mandel, the tavern keeper, his troubled son Simeon, and Morta, their devoted servant girl. A work of realism as well as a parable, Kanovich's novel illuminates the most intimate fears, dreams, and longings of the shtetl's inhabitants.