A guest for the night : a novel / S.Y. Agnon ; translated from the Hebrew by Misha Louvish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1887-1970.

Contributor:

Louvish, Misha.

Series:

Library of world fiction

Standardized Title:

Oreaḥ naṭah la-lun. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews--Europe, Eastern--Fiction.

Jews.

Eastern Europe.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

485 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : The University of Wisconsin Press, Terrace Books, 2004.

Summary:

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. Cited by National Yiddish Book Center as one of "The Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature" The Wisconsin edition is not for sale in the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, or the traditional British Commonwealth (excluding Canada.)

ISBN:

0299206440

OCLC:

55729848