You Never Know: A Legend of the Lamed-Vavniks

Prose, Francine; Podwal, Mark H.

ISBN 10: 0688158072 ISBN 13: 9780688158071

Publisher: Greenwillow, 1998

Synopsis

A witty, lively version of a Jewish legend features a humble shoemaker, named Schmuel, whose gift for making it rain puzzles the elders of the drought-afflicted town of Plotchnik, until a rabbi has a very strange dream.

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From the Publisher:

The town of Plotchnik hasn't had a drop of rain in forty days. But the town's humble shoemaker, Poor Schmuel, has the power to command rain and much more. What makes him so extraordinary? Nobody, including the town elders, can explain it until one night the Rabbi has a very strange dream.... Francine Prose and Mark Podwal bring to life with wit and flavor another Jewish legend in this tale of Schmuel and the holy Lamed-vavniks.

About the Author:

Francine Prose is the author of ten highly acclaimed works of fiction, including Bigfoot Dreams, Household Saints, Hunters and Gatherers, Primitive People, and Guided Tours of Hell. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, GQ, and The Paris Review; she is a contributing editor at Harper's, and she writes regularly on art for the Wall Street Journal. The recipient of numerous grants and awards, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, Francine Prose is a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. She has taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and Johns Hopkins University. She lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0688158072
• ISBN 13: 9780688158071
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Podwal Mark H.