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The conversion / Aharon Appelfeld ; translated from the Hebrew by Jeffrey M. Green.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: PJ5054.A755 T5613 1998

Overview

Summary: A Jew in pre-World War II Austria converts to Christianity to advance his career, only to find himself using his position to defend Jews. After falling in love with a Jewish woman, he becomes the target of anti-Semitism and the result is tragedy. By an Israeli writer, author of The Retreat.
Uniform Title: Ṭimyon. English
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Apelfeld, Aharon.
Published: New York : Schocken Books, [1998]
©1998
Locale: Austria
Edition: First edition
Other Authors/Editors: Green, Yaacov Jeffrey.

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 0805241531
0805210989
Physical Description: 228 pages ; 20 cm

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Christian converts from Judaism--Fiction. Austria--History--1867-1918--Fiction. City and town life--Fiction. Fiction.

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