{"product_id":"two-tales-s-y-agnon-9781592643561","title":"Two Tales: Betrothed \u0026 EDO and Enam","description":"Two newly revised translations from the Hebrew, with new and illustrated annotations, of two novellas by Nobel Laureate S.Y. Agnon. Two stories clearly in dialogue with one another, sharing elements of moonstruck sleepwalkers, disengaged academics, and the typically Agnonian unfulfilled love. \u003cp\u003e In Betrothed, Jacob Rechnitz, a marine biologist arrives in pre-World War I Jaffa on the Mediterranean coast of the Land of Israel. His scholarly pursuits and gentle dalliance with six girls is interrupted by the arrival of his benefactor Ehrlich and his daughter Shoshanah, who is destined to rouse Jacob from his waking slumber through the power of their childhood betrothal oath. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The idyllic peace of Betrothed is counterpointed in Edo and Enam by restlessness leading to tragedy. The scholars Ginat and Gamzu are wanderers; men like the narrator himself, gambling on travel for some magical answer to their problems. Ironically, Gamzu's wife Gemulah, a sleepwalker, puts an end to their quest in a ma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. y. Agnon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1592643566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592643561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Toby Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"S. y. Agnon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44213409513727,"sku":"9781592643561","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23e0965f-afeb-4cfa-b9f0-87cb59fb7dac.jpg?v=1692113724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/two-tales-s-y-agnon-9781592643561","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}