9780805241594
Laish
Aharon Appelfeld
ISBN 13: 9780805241594
Publisher: Schocken Books
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Hardcover
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Searching for a place of their own after falling victim to pogroms that have left them without a home, a caravan of Jews, including fifteen-year-old Laish, makes its way through pre-World War II Eastern Europe on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but their journey is complicated by lack of funds to get them to the port from which their ship will sail. 12,500 first printing.
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"Appelfeld writes in an unadorned yet forceful style, taking Laish and his companions through a series of adventures that are too subtle to be called harrowing; still they test the mettle of the Jewish vagabonds involved in the journey."
Kirkus, 01/01/2009
Review:"[A] beautifully written, deeply disturbing...gallery of grotesques."
Publishers Weekly, 01/12/2009
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Book Description: SCHOCKEN BOOKS INC, United States, 2009. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 216 x 140 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. A caravan of Jews wanders through Eastern Europe at the end of the nineteenth century on a heartbreaking quest. Spiritual seekers and the elderly, widows and orphans, the sick and the dying, con artists and adventurers, victims of pogroms who have no place else to go-they are all on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but the journey is filled with unexpected detours and unanticipated disaster. Among them is Laish, a fifteen-year-old orphan, through whose eyes we observe the interactions within this ragtag group of dreamers, holy men, misfits, and thieves as they battle with one another, try to stay one step ahead of the gendarmes, and do what little they can to keep up their flagging spirits. With the death of the rabbi who brought the group together, they are now led by men whom Laish refers to as "the dealers"-black-market traders whose motives are questionable but who periodically infuse the group with the money they need to get to the next town. Years pass, tempers start to fray, and the caravan grows smaller as people die or abandon the venture. A brutal winter and typhoid epidemic further decimate the ranks, and the pilgrims have begun to reach the limits of their endurance. The dream of Jerusalem keeps the remnant going, and against all odds they finally arrive-emotionally and physically exhausted-at the port city of Galacz. They see their ship in the harbor, but whether they will actually make it onto that ship is suddenly and tragically thrown into doubt. This magnificent new novel from Aharon Appelfeld ("One of the greatest writers of the age" --"The Guardian") resonates with a universality of experience: the will to survive, the struggle to hold on to hope. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9780805241594 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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