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Chronicling the lives of Jews in America, nine stories combining history, fable, theology, and myth include searching for an impossible gem in Manhattan's diamond district, a university library that catalogues human evil, and a rabbi matching wits with the devil.
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Combining history, fable, theology, and myth, these nine stories, by turns magical and mundane, comic and tragic, are remarkable for the breadth of their concerns and the depth of their vision. Melvin Bukiet chronicles the lives of Jews in America, past and present, in stories that are at once contemporary and timeless.
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Melvin Jules Bukiet teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.
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- PublisherHarcourt
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0151000832
- ISBN 13 9780151000838
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages197
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