A Simple Story

by S.Y. Agnon

Book Overview

Szybusz, a small town in Jewish Galicia, is the scene of a bitter-sweet romance at the beginning of the twentieth century. Few of Agnon's stories are told as effortlessly as A Simple Story, yet this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815606184
• ISBN13: 9780815606185
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

wonderful story

I really enjoyed this one. It is snapshot of a time gone by.

A mystical journy to the jewish east european town.

The forground of this book is very simple: a young man hopelessly falls in love for a woman he can't marry. But in the background a deep psychological plot slowly evolves and carries the reader to the complex world of the Jewish towns in Eastern Europe before WW 2. Agnon as usual is very perceptive, very smart and writes with his wonderful combination of humor,cynicism and compassion.