Der Verstoessne [“The Outcast.”]

Estimate: $120–$180
Hammer price: $60

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author

AGNON, S.J.

printer

Juedischer Verlag

Place

Berlin Juedischer Verlag

Publication

1923

Description

First edition. Opening blank signed by the author and inscribed to Prof. Aron Freiman of Frankfurt. From the library of Freiman’s son-in-law, the late Rabbi Dr. Samuel Dresner.

summary

A novella about the clash within traditional Jewish life between Chasidism and its opponents, and how that historic confrontation plays itself out within the heart and mind of one sensitive young man.

pp. (2), 121. Original patterned boards. Tall 8vo.

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