A Book That Was Lost: Thirty-Five Stories by Agnon, S. Y. (9781592642540)

A Book That Was Lost: Thirty-Five Stories - Expanded

by Agnon, S. Y. , Mintz, Alan , Golomb Hoffman, Anne

Paperback - English

These stories span the lifetime of a quintessential wandering Jew - born in Buczacz, Poland, living in Germany, and finally settling in Jerusalem - and they bring to life the full gamut of the modern Jewish experience in fiction.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

Edition Number

Expanded

ISBN

1592642543

EAN

9781592642540

Publisher

TOBY PR LTD

Publication Date

01 Sep 2008

Pages

588

Weight (kg)

0.70

Dimensions (cm)

21.1 x 14.0 x 4.1

About Author

S. Y. Agnon (1887-1970) was born Shmuel-Yoysef Tshatshkes in the Jewish town of Butshatsh in eastern Galicia, formerly a Polish region. In 1908 he went with the Second Aliya to Palestine, where he published several early masterpieces in Hebrew. In 1912-1924 he lived in Germany and was regularly supported by the publisher and Zionist Sh.-Z. Schocken. From 1924 Agnon lived mostly in Jerusalem. In 1966 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his works translated into English are "A Simple Story, The Bridal Canopy, Days of Awe, In the Heart of the Seas," and "Shira."