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The Last of the Just
André Schwarz-Bart
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Description for The Last of the Just
paperback. In every generation, according to Jewish tradition, thirty-six just men are born to take the burden of the world's suffering upon themselves. At York in 1185 the just man was Rabbi Yom Tov Levey, whose sacrifice so touched God that he gave his descendants one just man each generation, all the way down to Ernie Levey. This book tells Ernie's story. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 278.
THE BOOK: In every generation, according to Jewish tradition, thirty-six just men, the Lamed-waf, are born to take the burden of the world's suffering upon themselves. At York in 1185 the just man was Rabbi Yom Tov Levey, whose sacrifice so touched God that he gave his descendants one just man each generation, all the way down to Ernie Levey, the last of the just, killed at Auschwitz in 1943. This, then, is the story of Ernie Levey.
THE BOOK: In every generation, according to Jewish tradition, thirty-six just men, the Lamed-waf, are born to take the burden of the world's suffering upon themselves. At York in 1185 the just man was Rabbi Yom Tov Levey, whose sacrifice so touched God that he gave his descendants one just man each generation, all the way down to Ernie Levey, the last of the just, killed at Auschwitz in 1943. This, then, is the story of Ernie Levey.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099285595
SKU
V9780099285595
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99-2
About André Schwarz-Bart
Andre Schwarz-Bart (1928-) was born in France to a family of Polish Jews. He went to the Sorbonne and at the age of fifteen he joined the French Resistance. While writing he worked in a factory and in Les Halles, the large vegetable market in Paris. His book The Last of the Just won the Prix Goncourt in 1959. He ... Read more
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