Bibliograph

The ruined house, a novel, Ruby Namdar ; translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin

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The ruined house, a novel, Ruby Namdar ; translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The ruined house

Oclc number

972250932

Responsibility statement

Ruby Namdar ; translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Andrew P. Cohen, a successful NYU professor of comparative culture, is suddenly plagued with strange and inexplicable visions of an ancient religious ritual. As his superficially perfect world begins to unravel, he is forced to question his beliefs. Interspersed throughout the novel are pages from an ancient (pseudo)Talmudic text, harking back to the golden age of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Hidden in this frenzied, semi-opaque other narrative lies the mysterious key to understanding the drama of Andrew's life

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