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A Guest for the Night A Novel S. Y. Agnon Translated by Misha Louvish Library of World Fiction, Terrace Books "A man of unquestionable genius."—Edmund Wilson Hailed as one of Agnon's most significant works, A Guest for the Night depicts Jewish life in Eastern Europe after World War I. A man journeys from Israel to his hometown in Europe, saddened to find so many friends taken by war, pogrom, or disease. In this vanishing world of traditional values, he confronts the loss of faith and trust of a younger generation. This 1939 novel reveals Agnon's vision of his people's past, tragic present, and hope for the future. One of 100 Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature, National Yiddish Book Center Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888­1970) was born in Buczacz, Galicia, the village described in his novel In the Heart of the Seas. He became one of the best-known Hebrew writers in the world and was the first Hebrew writer awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1966. For publicity information contact our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu

BACK IN PRINT October 2004 494 pp. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 ISBN 978-0-299-20644-4 Paper $19.95 t Wisconsin edition not for sale in traditional British Commonwealth, South Africa and Ireland, it is for sale in Canada To order, you can accumulate titles in the Shopping Cart by clicking on the bulleted lines below. You can submit your order electronically, paying for it with MasterCard or Visa. Click here for further explanation of shopping cart feature. Never ordered from us before? Read this first.

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