Yoram Kaniuk has been hailed as "one of the most innovative, brilliant novelists in the Western World" ("The New York Times"), and "The Last Jew" is his exhilarating masterwork. Like Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude," "The Last Jew" is a sweeping saga that captures the troubled history and culture of an entire people through the prism of one family. From the chilling opening scene of a soldier returning home in a fog of battle trauma, the novel moves backward through time and across continents until ...
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Yoram Kaniuk has been hailed as "one of the most innovative, brilliant novelists in the Western World" ("The New York Times"), and "The Last Jew" is his exhilarating masterwork. Like Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude," "The Last Jew" is a sweeping saga that captures the troubled history and culture of an entire people through the prism of one family. From the chilling opening scene of a soldier returning home in a fog of battle trauma, the novel moves backward through time and across continents until Kaniuk has succeeded in bringing to life the twentieth century's most unsettling legacy: the anxieties of modern Europe, which begat the Holocaust, and in turn the birth of Israel and the swirling cauldron that is the Middle East. With the unforgettable character of Ebenezer Schneerson--the eponymous last Jew--at its center, Kaniuk weaves an ingenious tapestry of Jewish identity that is alternately tragic, absurd, enigmatic, and heartbreaking.
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Good. ATTN: EX-LIBRARY COPY>>> Former Library book. hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.
Edition:
First Edition, 1p" Thus; 10987654321pt line
Publisher:
Grove Press
Published:
2007
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17228914244
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Illustrated by PICARD, CHERYL COVER ART. Very Good. 8.8 X 5.8 X 1.3 inches VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid, bright; black & white titles on white, black & red cover art, all on green background. Showing 2 men & black coffin with Star of David ornament.; 528 pages; sweeping saga that captures the troubled history and culture of an entire people through the prism of one family. From the chilling opening scene of a soldier returning home in a fog of battle trauma, the novel moves backward through time and across continents until Kaniuk has succeeded in bringing to life the twentieth century's most unsettling legacy: the anxieties of modern Europe, which begat the Holocaust, and in turn the birth of Israel and the swirling cauldron that is the Middle East.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Called a "literary masterpiece, mandatory reading for anyone who wants to understand the makings of Israeli society." This is a Fine copy of the First American Edition. Translation from the Hebrew by Barbara Harshav. Light green cloth binding with a black cloth spine with silver lettering. Clean text; 522 pages. The dustjacket is Unclipped; in an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
