Bernhard

By Yoel Hoffmann

Book Overview

Devastated by the loss of his wife, Bernhard disconsolately walks thestreets of Jerusalem, considering Gandhi, analysis, the beauty of hiswife Paula's neck, his Arab neighbors, Kokoschka, the Messiah, and theinner life of his friend Gustav the plumber. As his hero tries to cometo terms with his grief and the disasters of WWII, Hoffmann shows theslow remaking of an inner world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811216802
• ISBN13: 9780811216807
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"