02157nam 22004813u 450 991046392430332120210113182619.00-8047-8925-8(CKB)2670000000545077(EBL)1642554(MiAaPQ)EBC1642554(EXLCZ)99267000000054507720140331d2014|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||The Parable and Its Lesson[electronic resource] A NovellaPalo Alto Stanford University Press20141 online resource (177 p.)Stanford Studies in Jewish History and CDescription based upon print version of record.0-8047-8871-5 Contents; Introduction / Alan Mintz; The Parable and Its Lesson / S. Y. Agnon, Translated and Annotated by James S. Diamond; Essay on The Parable and Its Lesson [Hamashal vehanimshal] / Alan Mintz; GlossaryS.Y. Agnon was the greatest Hebrew writer of the twentieth century, and the only Hebrew writer to receive the Nobel Prize for literature. He devoted the last years of his life to writing a massive cycle of stories about Buczacz, the Galician town (now in Ukraine) in which he grew up. Yet when these stories were collected and published three years after Agnon's death, few took notice. Years passed before the brilliance and audacity of Agnon's late project could be appreciated. The Parable and Its Lesson is one of the major stories from this work. Set shortly after the massaStanford Studies in Jewish History and CJews -- Ukraine -- Buchach -- FictionJewsLiteratureElectronic books.Jews -- Ukraine -- Buchach -- Fiction.Jews.Literature.892.43892.43/5892.435Agnon S891944Diamond James891945AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910463924303321The Parable and Its Lesson1992039UNINA