A Book That Was Lost: And Other Stories

By S.Y. Agnon

Book Overview

Revised

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805210660
• ISBN13: 9780805210668
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A book that was Lost

This is a collection of short stories that bring life to a bygone time of Jewish life.

Excellent in Translation

I have read the English translation, and love it. Agnon's mystical surrealism is worthy of Garcia-Marquez. While being versed in Jewish traditions can be helpful, it is not necessary for appreciating this brilliant writer.

The hebrew Shakespear

Ye, I know it sounds over-bombastic. Still, I quite stand behind this. Agnon has the quality (like the bard) of writing one sentence or a few words within, that tell a whole story in a bang. Every now and again you stop over a phrase that seems obscure, you think a bit, and often enough, it's revelation. It causes you to regret all the previous, skipped, pharagraph that you only half fathomed.I must worn you though, that I can't recommend the english translation (not having read it translated).