Old Men at Midnight: Stories Paperback - 2002
by Chaim Potok
From the celebrated author of "The Chosen" and "My Name Is Asher Lev, " a trilogy of related novellas about a woman whose life touches three very different men--stories that encompass some of the profoundest themes of the 20th century. Accelerated Reader: Reading Level 5.9, 11 Points.
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NOAH WAS BROUGHT TO OUR BROOKLYN neighborhood by his aunt and uncle, and into my life by an announcement on the bulletin board of our synagogue: SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY FROM EUROPE NEEDS ENGLISH TUTOR.
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From the celebrated author of The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev, a trilogy of related novellas about a woman whose life touches three very different men--stories that encompass some of the profoundest themes of the twentieth century.
Ilana Davita Dinn is the listener to whom three men relate their lives. As a young girl, she offers English lessons to a teenage survivor of the camps. In "The Ark Builder," he shares with her the story of his friendship with a proud old builder of synagogue arks, and what happened when the German army invaded their Polish town.
As a graduate student, she finds herself escorting a guest lecturer from the Soviet Union, and in "The War Doctor," her sympathy moves him to put his painful past to paper recounting his experiences as a Soviet NKVD agent who was saved by an idealistic doctor during the Russian civil war, only to encounter him again during the terrifying period of the Kremlin doctors' plot. And, finally, we meet her in "The Trope Teacher," in which a distinguished professor of military history, trying to write his memoirs, is distracted by his wife's illness and by the arrival next door of a new neighbor, the famous writer I. D. (Ilana Davita) Chandal.
Poignant and profound, Chaim Potok's newest fiction is a major addition to his remarkable--and remarkably loved--body of work.
"From the Hardcover edition.
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- Title Old Men at Midnight: Stories
- Author Chaim Potok
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st THUS
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ballantine Books, New York
- Date July 30, 2002
- ISBN 9780345439987 / 0345439988
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.58 x 0.65 in (20.83 x 14.17 x 1.65 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Library of Congress subjects Storytelling, Jews
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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