Dybbuk: A Story Made in Heaven

By Francine Prose

Book Overview

"The romance between beautiful Leah of Chopski and brilliant Chonon of Klopski is literally a match made in heaven: the angels decided it forty days before they were born. Unfortunately, Leah's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688143083
• ISBN13: 9780688143084
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Greenwillow
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.8" x 0.3" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Chopski marries Klopski

This 1996 tale of a troublesome spirit that takes hold of a young woman had some help from The Dybbuk, the 1918 play of S. Ansky. The Russian ethnographer had traveled from 1912 to 1914 collecting the Jewish legends, folktales, proverbs, songs and music on which he based his work. Those legends and folktales were based on the 17th century appearance of a literary dybbuk, who in turn sprang from early Jewish folklore. In this case, the idea and illustrations are better than the text, which is strained in places. But it's a cute, not-so-terrifying way to introduce children to the dybbuk legend. Alyssa A. Lappen