A beggar in Jerusalem
This haunting novel takes place in the days following the Six-Day War. A Holocaust survivor visits the newly reunited city of Jerusalem. At the Western Wall he encounters the beggars and madmen who congregate there every evening, and who force him to confront the ghosts of his past and his ties to t...
| Uniform Title: | Mendiant de Jérusalem. English |
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| Main Author: | Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016, |
| Other Authors: | Edelman, Lily, |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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New York :
Random House,
[1970]
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| Physical Description: |
211 pages ; 22 cm. |
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| Summary: |
This haunting novel takes place in the days following the Six-Day War. A Holocaust survivor visits the newly reunited city of Jerusalem. At the Western Wall he encounters the beggars and madmen who congregate there every evening, and who force him to confront the ghosts of his past and his ties to the present. Weaving together myth and mystery, parable and paradox, Wiesel bids the reader to join him on a spiritual journey back and forth in time, always returning to Jerusalem. |
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| Item Description: |
Translation of Le mendiant de Jérusalem. This haunting novel takes place in the days following the Six-Day War. A Holocaust survivor visits the newly reunited city of Jerusalem. At the Western Wall he encounters the beggars and madmen who congregate there every evening, and who force him to confront the ghosts of his past and his ties to the present. Weaving together myth and mystery, parable and paradox, Wiesel bids the reader to join him on a spiritual journey back and forth in time, always returning to Jerusalem. |
| Physical Description: |
211 pages ; 22 cm. |