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This second novel of Tova Reich's delivers a savage and controlled comedy of religious ecstasy. It is by turns, a funny story, mysteriously touching and ponderable before the end. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:015157880X
ISBN13:9780151578801
Release Date:January 1988
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Length:240 Pages
Weight:1.02 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"
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2 customer ratings | 2 reviews
Rated 5 starsMasterful, Bold, Funny, Serious
By Thriftbooks.com User,
A strong narrative voice, rich characters, evocative, lively, precise and realistic dialogue, Reich's Master of the Return has all the elements to create a masterful novel, and she does so fully. Perhaps her strongest trick is simultaneously lampooning the ultra Orthodox while at the same time having a profound sympathy for those who return to Judaism from secularism, and the pure impulses which foster this act. Here, Reich...
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Rated 5 starsA joy!
By Thriftbooks.com User,
Simply one of my favorite books. Reich miraculously renews the Yiddish literary tradition, rather as Yoel Hoffmann is doing in Israel, but whereas he is tragic (and a tad pretentious?) she is pure joyous burlesque....
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