Vidui

By David R. Slavitt

Fiction. Jewish Studies. A version of Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilyich, except that it is contemporary, Jewish, and (therefore?) often funny. Tolstoy wasn't much given to humor, though it's a vital part of our visions of ourselves. "Vidui" is a Hebrew prayer to be recited when death is imminent, often translated as "confession," but with the word meaning what it did for St. Augustine--a reckoning, a summing-up.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604892315
• ISBN13: 9781604892314
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Livingston Press at the University of West Al
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"