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A book that was lost : thirty-five stories
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Twenty-two stories by a Jewish writer. The story, The Sign, is on his vanished Polish village, Between Two Towns is on the complacency of German Jews prior to the holocaust, and Hill of Sand is on ...
Twenty-two stories by a Jewish writer. The story, The Sign, is on his vanished Polish village, Between Two Towns is on the complacency of German Jews prior to the holocaust, and Hill of Sand is on his early years in Palestine.
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- Creator
- S.Y. Agnon ; edited with introductions by Alan Mintz & Anne Golomb Hoffman ; preface by Jonathan Rosen ; additional stories edited by Nahum N. Glatzer
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Expanded edition
- New Milford, CT : The Toby Press, 2008
- Physical Details
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- vii, 588 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781592642540, 1592642543
- OCLC
- ocn231586117
- "Including all stories from Twenty-one stories."
- "Originally published as A book that was lost & other stories, c1995 by Schocken Books"--T.p. verso.
- Translated from the Hebrew.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-581).
- The Signature Story : Agunot -- Tales of Childhood : The kerchief -- Two pairs -- The Artist in the Land of Israel: Hill of sand -- Knots upon knots -- A book that was lost -- On one stone -- The sense of smell -- From lodging to lodging -- The Ancestral World : The tale of the scribe -- That Tzaddik's etrog -- Fables of righteousness, or The vinegar maker -- The lady and the peddler -- Tears -- Buczacz: The Epic Life of One Town : Buczacz -- The tale of the menorah -- Pisces -- Stories of Germany : The doctor's divorce -- On the road -- Between two towns -- The Search for Meaning : To the doctor -- A whole loaf -- At the outset of the day -- The sign