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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Yeshiva (1967)di Chaim Grade
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. When IB Singer got the Nobel Prize, Yiddishists were torn. This novel is the primary reason that many, myself included, thought that Chaim Grade deserved it instead. Grade's humanist realism recreates 19th century Jewish life, and the tale is universal in its detailing of the conflict between the high demands of fanatic fundamentalism and the weakness of being human. A friend who read this book recently adds that Grade's women are unusually well-drawn and real. I'd say that Grade's people are well-drawn and real. If "Rabbis and Wives" (3 short novellas) whets your appetite, this is the full meal. If only more Grade were translated.... nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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The Yeshiva: Masters and Disciples is the second and concluding volume of Chaim Grade's masterwork. Continuing the moving story of Tsemakh Atlas, head of the Yeshiva, Grade re-creates the rich world of his native city Vilna in pre-World War II Lithuania. The now-vanished Eastern European Jewish community was inhabited by the pious and the heretical, the righteous and the sinful, the wise and the foolish. Religion was as crucial to living, and as much a part of Grade's people, as their daily bread. How they reacted to it - and, through it, to one another - formed the core of day-to-day life. Each problem, each experience was felt through the teachings of Tsemakh Atlas. Chaim Grade has brought his striking characters to full life, revealing them in all their glory and pain. The Yeshiva is a brilliant work that mourns, and finally locks into memory, a culture sadly lost in reality but eternal in spirit. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Grade paints a realistic and engrossing picture of Jewish life between the wars in the period where freethinking and secular movements were threatening the traditional way of life. In Tsemakh we have a man with horribly ordinary passions and doubts who takes pleasure in tormenting himself and generally alienates those around him. He is balanced by a whole host of scholars, villagers, families, and shopkeepers who spend their time just living their lives.
[full review of Volume 1 here: http://spacebeer.blogspot.com/2009/12/yeshiva-volume-1-by-chaim-grade-1967.html ]
[full review of Volume 2 here: http://spacebeer.blogspot.com/2010/01/yeshiva-volume-ii-masters-and-disciples.ht... ] ( )