Status
Available
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Genres
Collection
Publication
Penguin Classics (1999), Paperback, 240 pages
Description
David Bendiner, a young writer and secularized Jew, has qualified to emigrate from Warsaw to Palestine, but he's broke, and in order to make the journey, he must enter into a fictitious marriage with a prosperous woman eager to get there. Grappling with romantic, political and philosophical turmoil, David must also confront his faith when his father, an Orthodox rabbi, shows up in Warsaw.
Language
Original language
Yiddish
Physical description
240 p.; 7.6 inches
ISBN
0140187855 / 9780140187854