Agnon's Lonely People

Jerusalem Post | June 23, 1995| | Copyright

Cecil Bloom
Jerusalem Post
06-23-1995
A BOOK THAT WAS LOST AND OTHER STORIES by S.Y. Agnon. New York, Schocken Books. 437 pp. $27.50

Agnon wrote four novels and his genius exudes from almost every page, but he will probably be remembered mostly for his short stories. Over a 70-year career, he wrote hundreds, many of which remain unpublished.

Agnon's stories explore the range of Jewish experience in the modern era. He knew no evil men; his characters are virtuous even if they are sometimes misguided. Many saintly men and women appear throughout his pages, but they are very lonely people ...

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