Call number
FICTION Agnon
Publication
New York, Schocken Books [1966], 237 pages
Description
Two tales of love. "Betrothed" portrays a teacher whose love for the sea leads him to the town of Jaffa. Though many pursue him, Rechnitz eschews romantic love for his studies until he can no longer resist. "Edo and Enam" is set after World War II in Jerusalem and considers how love evolves throughout the course of a marriage.
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LibraryThing member soylentgreen23
I loved the first tale, 'The Betrothed,' because it's a love story involving a marine biologist who has to choose between half a dozen women and yet there's nothing here that feels remarkably chauvinistic. The second left me cold - I couldn't get into it, and the names were all so similar that when
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something dramatic happened, I wasn't sure who it was happening to. Show Less
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