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Until the dawn's light / Aharon Appelfeld ; translated from the Hebrew by Jeffrey M. Green.
Van Pelt Library PJ5054.A755 A6313 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Apelfeld, Aharon.
- Standardized Title:
- ʻAd she-yaʻaleh ʻamud ha-shaḥar. English
- עד שיעלה עמוד השחר. אנגלית
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Austria.
- Jews--Austria--Fiction.
- Jews.
- Austria--History--1867-1918--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Jewish fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Romance fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 231 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Schocken Books, [2011]
- Summary:
- "A high school honor student bound for university and a career as a mathematician, Blanca lives with her parents in a small town in Austria in the early years of the twentieth century. At school one day she meets Adolf, who comes from a family of peasant laborers. Tall and sturdy, plainspoken and uncomplicated, Adolf is unlike anyone Blanca has ever met. And Adolf is awestruck by beautiful, brilliant Blanca--even though she is Jewish. When Blanca is asked by school administrators to tutor Adolf, the inevitable happens: they fall in love. And when Adolf asks her to marry him, Blanca abandons her plans to attend university, converts to Christianity, and leaves her family, her friends, and her old life behind."--Page [2] of jacket.
- Notes:
- Translation of: ʻAd she-yaʻaleh ʻamud ha-shaḥar.
- תרגום של: עד שיעלה עמוד השחר.
- National Jewish Book Awards - Fiction, Winner, 2011
- ISBN:
- 0805241795
- 9780805241792
- OCLC:
- 698332683
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