Small worlds / Allen Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Allen.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Europe, Eastern--Fiction.

Jews.

Eastern Europe.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Hoffman, Allen (autograph) (inscription) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

280 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Abbeville Press, [1996]

Summary:

The little town of Krimsk is about to observe Tisha B'Av, the calamitous day of mourning marking the destruction of the ancient holy Temple in Jerusalem. The beloved rebbe has mysteriously emerged from years of seclusion, and the Krimskers, thirsty for guidance, seek the wonder-working rebbe's saintly advice throughout the night. The encounters prove to be comic, sober, and wise, as arson, adultery, romance, seduction, and violence sweep through Krimsk and into the Polish town of Krimichak across the river. In Krimichak dwells Grannie Zara, the rebbe's rival for power. The women of Krimsk have always secretly crossed the river to consult her, and on this fateful night, one determined woman and one curious boy from the primary class urgently feel the need to visit her. The relationship between the two towns, always uneasy, is in danger of igniting. Back in Krimsk, the rebbe and his wife discuss a groom for their only daughter, and the rebbe summons the man he has chosen. But a different young man, a stranger swept up in the revolutionary ferment stirring all Russia, stops for a while at the Angel of Death, the empty, cursed synagogue. It is he who will face the angry mob from Krimichak as it crosses the bridge into Krimsk with consequences that will affect and astound everyone.

Notes:

Small worlds is the first novel in the series Small worlds"--P. [5].

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy inscribed "Dec., 1996 [J...] For 'G. G.,' Whose wondrous love, personality, and family (they should be well!) make fiction pale in comparison. But I do hope you enjoy this book. With [a...] and affection. Allen Hoffman"

ISBN:

0789201291

OCLC:

34473680