A Guest for the Night : A Novel
by
S. Y. Agnon
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Library of World Fiction
ISBN-10
0299206440
ISBN-13
9780299206444
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint
University of Wisconsin Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 27th, 2004
Print length
494 Pages
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.30 x 2.80 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
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A man journeys from Israel to his hometown in Europe, saddened to find friends taken by war, pogrom, or disease. In a vanishing world of traditional values, he confronts the loss of faith and trust of a younger generation. This 1939 novel reveals Agnon's vision of his people's past, and hope for the future.
Hailed as one of Agnon's most significant works, A Guest for the Night depicts Jewish life in Eastern Europe after World War I. A man journeys from Israel to his hometown in Europe, saddened to find so many friends taken by war, pogrom, or disease. In this vanishing world of traditional values, he confronts the loss of faith and trust of a younger generation. This 1939 novel reveals Agnon's vision of his people's past, tragic present, and hope for the future.
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