{"id":211609550892,"title":"Two Tales by S.Y. Agnon (BKE-TT)","handle":"two-tales-by-s-y-agnon-bke-tt","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eTwo newly revised translations from the Hebrew, with new and illustrated annotations, of two novellas by Nobel Laureate S.Y. Agnon.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eTwo stories clearly in dialogue with one another, sharing elements of moonstruck sleepwalkers, disengaged academics, and the typically Agnonian unfulfilled love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font: 12px\/1.3 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font: 13px\/18px Tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003eIn\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBetrothed,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJacob Rechnitz, a marine biologist arrives in pre-World War I Jaffa on the Mediterranean coast of the Land of Israel. His scholarly pursuits and gentle dalliance with six girls is interrupted by the arrival of his benefactor Ehrlich and his daughter Shoshanah, who is destined to rouse Jacob from his waking slumber through the power of their childhood betrothal oath.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font: 12px\/1.3 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font: 13px\/18px Tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003eThe idyllic peace of\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBetrothed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis counterpointed in\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdo and Enam\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby restlessness leading to tragedy. The scholars Ginat and Gamzu are wanderers; men like the narrator himself, gambling on travel for some magical answer to their problems. Ironically, Gamzu’s wife Gemulah, a sleepwalker, puts an end to their quest in a manner as tragic as it is unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul style=\"font: 12px\/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 10px 30px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003e \u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: small;\"\u003eEnglish \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: small;\"\u003ePaper Back\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: small;\"\u003ePages 186\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: small;\"\u003eISBN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003e9781592643561\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: small;\"\u003eSize: 5.5\" x 8.5\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","published_at":"2018-01-20T05:39:58-05:00","created_at":"2018-01-20T05:40:04-05:00","vendor":"Riverdale Judaica","type":"P","tags":["Novels \u0026 Contemporary Reading"],"price":2370,"price_min":2370,"price_max":2370,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":1489333911596,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"BKE-TT","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Two Tales by S.Y. 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Agnon (BKE-TT) - Riverdale Judaica","id":702055448620,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.844,"height":1280,"width":1080,"src":"\/\/riverdale-judaica.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Two_tales_for_website__85741.jpg?v=1593194255"},"aspect_ratio":0.844,"height":1280,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/riverdale-judaica.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Two_tales_for_website__85741.jpg?v=1593194255","width":1080}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eTwo newly revised translations from the Hebrew, with new and illustrated annotations, of two novellas by Nobel Laureate S.Y. Agnon.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eTwo stories clearly in dialogue with one another, sharing elements of moonstruck sleepwalkers, disengaged academics, and the typically Agnonian unfulfilled love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font: 12px\/1.3 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font: 13px\/18px Tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003eIn\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBetrothed,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJacob Rechnitz, a marine biologist arrives in pre-World War I Jaffa on the Mediterranean coast of the Land of Israel. His scholarly pursuits and gentle dalliance with six girls is interrupted by the arrival of his benefactor Ehrlich and his daughter Shoshanah, who is destined to rouse Jacob from his waking slumber through the power of their childhood betrothal oath.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font: 12px\/1.3 Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font: 13px\/18px Tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003eThe idyllic peace of\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBetrothed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis counterpointed in\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdo and Enam\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby restlessness leading to tragedy. The scholars Ginat and Gamzu are wanderers; men like the narrator himself, gambling on travel for some magical answer to their problems. Ironically, Gamzu’s wife Gemulah, a sleepwalker, puts an end to their quest in a manner as tragic as it is unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul style=\"font: 12px\/normal Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 10px 30px; padding: 0px; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003e \u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: small;\"\u003eEnglish \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: small;\"\u003ePaper Back\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: small;\"\u003ePages 186\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: small;\"\u003eISBN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"\u003e9781592643561\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: small;\"\u003eSize: 5.5\" x 8.5\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e"}