Two for the Devil

Hoffman, Allen

ISBN 10: 0789203979 / ISBN 13: 9780789203977

Published by Small Worlds Abbeville, NY, 1998

About this Item

Novel of Jews in Russia during World War II. Light crease on last few pages. First printing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Two for the Devil
• Publisher: Small Worlds Abbeville, NY
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789203979
• ISBN 13: 9780789203977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction & Literature

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Synopsis

This searing third novel in the critically acclaimed Small Worlds series records the cruel fate of the villagers of Krimsk as they encounter the twentieth century's greatest agents of evil: Joseph Stalin and Adolph Hitler.

In Moscow at the height of the 1936 Stalinist purges, Grisha Shwartzman discovers on Rosh Hashanah―the Jewish New Year and Day of Judgment―that he is in danger of liquidation by the secret police he serves. In 1942, Yechiel Katzman finds himself on a train of imprisoned Jews as it leaves the Warsaw ghetto on Yom Kippur―the Day of Atonement―for "resettlement in the East." Stalin and Hitler decree certain death, but in the course of their experiences Grisha and Yechiel discover Jewish fates. Through memory, both men gain community, dignity, and the awareness of sanctity, Grisha's "Soviet" Rosh Hashanah and Yechiel's "Nazi" Yom Kippur are truly "Days of Awe."

About the Author

Allen Hoffman, award-winning author of the novel Small Worlds and of a novella and short stories, was born in Saint Louis and received his B.A. in American history from Harvard University. He studied the Talmud in yeshivas in New York and Jerusalem, and has taught in New York City schools. He and his wife and four children live in Jerusalem. He teaches English literature and creative writing at Bar-Ilan University.