Agnon, Shmuel Yosef
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- Excellent in Translation
- The hebrew Shakespear
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BOOK THAT WAS LOST, A: And Other Stories
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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ASIN: 0805241205
Release Date: 1995-04-25 |
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Excellent in Translation.......2007-02-03
I have read the English translation, and love it. Agnon's mystical surrealism is worthy of Garcia-Marquez. While being versed in Jewish traditions can be helpful, it is not necessary for appreciating this brilliant writer.
The hebrew Shakespear.......2001-06-25
Ye, I know it sounds over-bombastic. Still, I quite stand behind this. Agnon has the quality (like the bard) of writing one sentence or a few words within, that tell a whole story in a bang. Every now and again you stop over a phrase that seems obscure, you think a bit, and often enough, it's revelation. It causes you to regret all the previous, skipped, pharagraph that you only half fathomed.
I must worn you though, that I can't recommend the english translation (not having read it translated).
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A Guest for the Night
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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ASIN: 0805230912 |
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Hailed as one of Agnon’s most significant works, A Guest for the Night depicts Jewish life in Eastern Europe after World War I. A man journeys from Israel to his hometown in Europe, saddened to find so many friends taken by war, pogrom, or disease. In this vanishing world of traditional values, he confronts the loss of faith and trust of a younger generation. This 1939 novel reveals Agnon’s vision of his people’s past, tragic present, and hope for the future.
Cited by National Yiddish Book Center as one of "The Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature"
The Wisconsin edition is not for sale in the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, or the traditional British Commonwealth (excluding Canada.)
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- A novel for some, a trial for others..
- A mystical journy to the jewish east european town.
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A Simple Story (Library of Modern Jewish Literature)
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
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ASIN: 0815606184 |
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A novel for some, a trial for others.........2004-05-19
S.Y Agnon's "A Simple Story" tells us of a bygone era, and of rich Jewish tradition. Set in early 1900's Austria-Hungary, this is the story of an oprhan who is taken in by her cousins, one of whom eventually falls in love with her. But it is not to be, as the boy's mother sets him up with a superficial, but pretty Jewish girl. You can guess how he reacts, but you'll never guess how it ends. A decided anti-romance, it stresses duty and fidelity over our romantic notions of love. Interesting sequence where the young man goes nuts and is put into a mental hospital. It's interesting how he recovers.
A mystical journy to the jewish east european town........1998-06-07
The forground of this book is very simple: a young man hopelessly falls in love for a woman he can't marry. But in the background a deep psychological plot slowly evolves and carries the reader to the complex world of the Jewish towns in Eastern Europe before WW 2. Agnon as usual is very perceptive, very smart and writes with his wonderful combination of humor,cynicism and compassion.
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The Bridal Canopy (Library of Modern Jewish Literature)
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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ASIN: 0815606400 |
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- An essential anthology for every day of the year
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Present at Sinai: The Giving of the Law : Commentaries Selected by S.Y. Agnon
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ASIN: 082760503X |
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An essential anthology for every day of the year.......2005-10-02
In this anthology of selections from the traditional Jewish sources Agnon does for Shavuot what he did for the High Holy Days in his 'Days of Awe' anthology. He gathers together midrashim and provides by his ordering and interpreting a midrash of his own.
This volume has an introduction on the subject of 'Agnon and Sinai' by the distinguished scholar Judah Goldin, a preface by the translator Michael Swirsky.
One Midrash talks about why the Torah is said to have been given on Shavuot and not received on it. And Rabbi Simchah Bunim says this is because the Torah is given on one day and must be received every day.
This anthology is of course specially relevant around the time of Shavuot ( as there is the tradition of learning always about the holiday or experience some time before the time as well as during it) but it can be learned from each and every day of the year.
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- A story written 50 years ago, and so actual here, Israel
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Shira (Library of Modern Jewish Literature)
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , and Zeva Shapiro
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ASIN: 0815604254 |
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A story written 50 years ago, and so actual here, Israel.......1998-09-14
OK. I'm in the middle of reading. I enjoy eavery moment. It's a simple story, writtenn as if told.. It is intersting to see how many things havn't really changed here, in Israel, while also teaching a lot about recent history. I wonder how the English translation is. (I'M reading it in HEBREW)
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Twenty-One Stories
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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ASIN: 0805203133
Release Date: 1970-01-13 |
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A masterpiece collection .......2004-10-11
This is a collection of stories by one of the great masters of the form. Agnon in Hebrew writes on many levels at once, and shows a deep mastery of the traditional sources. It is difficult to translate this . Yet he does more and presents characters and situations which move us to a sense of the holiness , mystery and beauty of life. Of all the remarkable stories in this collection one, ' The Scribe' remains strongest in my mind. For it gives an image of purity in life and love, an image of holiness that inspires and augments the reader's love of life.
Meeting this work is meeting one of Literature's great masters.
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- A holy book for study before and during the High Holy Days
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Days of Awe: A Treasury of Jewish Wisdom for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal on the High Holy Days
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ASIN: 0805210482
Release Date: 1995-08-22 |
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Compiled by one of the greatest Hebrew writers of the 20th century and first published in 1948, Days of Awe is the long-acknowledged classic companion to the High Holy Days prayer book. Here in one volume are readings and meditations from the Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, and the Zohar, to deepen the spiritual experience of the holiest days of the Jewish year.
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A holy book for study before and during the High Holy Days .......2004-10-05
This is a remarkable collection of commentaries on the High Holy Days and the month of Elul leading up to them . Agnon acts as a Talmid Chachim ( a wise scholar) and as a master creator of literature in putting these commentaries, stories , insights together.
The reading of this work makes reading a religious act. The work could not be more highly recommended.
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In Heart of Seas
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , T. Herzl Rome , and I. M. Lask
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Release Date: 1987-09-13 |
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Agnon's Alef Bet: Poems
Shmuel Yosef Agnon , and Robert Friend
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These twenty-two classic poems, written by Nobel Laureate S.Y. Agnon, are now available for the first time in English in this beautiful collection. Known for his rare ability to evoke the rich imagery of the Bible and ancient Israel, Agnon created a witty poem for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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