{"product_id":"katschen-the-book-of-yoel-hoffmann-9780811214056","title":"Katschen \u0026 the Book of Joseph","description":"In kaleidoscopic fragments, Hoffmann refracts Jewish popular lore and folk wisdom through a postmodernist prism, brightening his prose with snatches of verse, songs, diary excerpts, letters, ominous dreams, lush erotic passages and Yiddish sayings. \"The Book of Joseph\" tells the tragic story of a widowed Jewish tailor and his son in 1930s Berlin. \"Katschen\" gives an astounding child's-eye view of a boy orphaned in the new state of Israel. The novellas radiate the original poetry of Hoffmann's atomized hypnotic language, which Rosmarie Waldrop has called \"utterly enchanting--it's like nothing else.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yoel Hoffmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811214052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811214056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.42w x 0.45d","brand":"Yoel Hoffmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44311044948223,"sku":"9780811214056","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3077e77-b38b-46a0-b1aa-215de557082f.jpg?v=1695720789","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/katschen-the-book-of-yoel-hoffmann-9780811214056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}