A Guest for the Night

by S.Y. Agnon

Book Overview

A Guest for the Night (first published in 1939 as Germany invaded Poland) is Agnon's depiction of how all modern movements aside from Zionism secularism, Haskalah, socialism, communism failed to provide a viable alternative to traditional life. But, he is clear, even traditional life was untenable, because it all fell apart from within before the first furnaces were ignited in Auschwitz. Even the Guest's well-intentioned attempt to revivify and to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592643574
• ISBN13: 9781592643578
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Toby Press
• Length: 531 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"