Yosl Rakover Talks to God: Winner of the Jewish National Book Award (Vintage International)
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- Title
- Yosl Rakover Talks to God: Winner of the Jewish National Book Award (Vintage International)
- Author
- Kolitz, Zvi
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0375708405
- ISBN 13
- 9780375708404
Winner of the Jewish National Book Award
There are two stories here. One is the now legendary tale of a defiant Jew's refusal to abandon God, even in the face of the greatest suffering the world has known, a testament of faith that has taken on an unpredictable and fascinating life of its own and has often been thought to be a direct testament from the Holocaust.
The parallel story is that of Zvi Kolitz, the true author, whose connection to Yosl Rakover has been obscured over the fifty years since its original appearance. German journalist Paul Badde tells how a young man came to write this classic response to evil, and then was nearly written out of its history. With brief commentaries by French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas and Leon Wieseltier, author of Kaddish, this edition presents a religious classic and the very human story behind it.
There are two stories here. One is the now legendary tale of a defiant Jew's refusal to abandon God, even in the face of the greatest suffering the world has known, a testament of faith that has taken on an unpredictable and fascinating life of its own and has often been thought to be a direct testament from the Holocaust.
The parallel story is that of Zvi Kolitz, the true author, whose connection to Yosl Rakover has been obscured over the fifty years since its original appearance. German journalist Paul Badde tells how a young man came to write this classic response to evil, and then was nearly written out of its history. With brief commentaries by French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas and Leon Wieseltier, author of Kaddish, this edition presents a religious classic and the very human story behind it.
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About the Author
Zvi Kolitz lives in New York City.
Translated from the German by Carol Brown Janeway.
Translated from the German by Carol Brown Janeway.
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