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Second Scroll by A. M. Klein (1985, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNorthwestern University Press

ISBN-100910395152

ISBN-139780910395151

eBay Product ID (ePID)1079777

Product Key Features

Book TitleSecond Scroll

Number of Pages222 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1985

TopicGeneral, Literary, Historical, Jewish

FeaturesReprint

GenreFiction

AuthorA. M. Klein

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN85-061442

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"If John Hershey's 'The Wall' can be regarded as the outstanding fictional tribute by a non-Jew to the annihilated Jewry of Europe, this apocalyptic volume by A.M. Klein, the Canadian poet, Joyce scholar, and lawyer, can with greater justification be described as the most profoundly creative summation of the Jewish condition by a Jewish man of letters since the European catastrophe." --Harvey Swados, The Nation , Nov. 3, 1951

Dewey Decimal813/.52

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisWritten soon after the founding of the state of Israel, The Second Scroll is A.M. Klein's most innovative and visionary work. The five "books" of the novel are a modern testament of Jewish experience to which are appended "glosses" or commentaries in the form of drama, epistle, poetry, and psalm. The action centres on a young writer from Montreal, whose search for his legendary Uncle Melech becomes a journey of revelation through Italy, Morocco, and the Holy Land. Dissident and exile, reformer and scholar, Melech is a messianic figure who enacts the destiny of his people and embodies the spiritual yearnings of everyman. The Second Scroll , Klein's only novel, combines the lyric genius of his poetic works with compelling reportage to create one of the most eloquent and original works in Canadian fiction.

LC Classification NumberPR9199.3.K48S43 1985