The Book of Paradise
London : Pushkin Press Classics, 2023, ©2023.
Format: Book
Description: 251 pages ; 20 cm.
"On being expelled from Paradise, young Samuel Abba pull a crafty trick, managing to arrive on earth with his memory intact. He quickly begins regaling the humans around him with mischievous stories of a Paradise far from their expectations; a world of drunken angels, lewd patriarchs, and the same divisions and temptations that shape the human world. The Book of Paradise is a comic masterpiece, and the only novel by one of the great Yiddish writers. Written in the midst of rising anti-Semitism in 1930s Europe, its raucous blend of sacred and profane is a slyly profound reflection of the author's turbulent times." -- Back cover.
Series: Pushkin Press classics
ISBN:
1782279253
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F Manger | Main (Downtown) | Display - First Level, Fiction | In |
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Original title in Yiddish (non-roman) on title page verso