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The Tears and Prayers of Fools

The Tears and Prayers of Fools

Szporluk, Mary Ann
Frieden, Ken
Kanovich, Grigory

Paperback

Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art

General FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $39.95

ISBN10: 0815611595
ISBN13: 9780815611592
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: Oct 16 2023
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This extraordinary novel is part of Grigory Kanovich's Litvak saga, 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.

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