The Literature Of Destruction: Jewish Responses To Catastrophe,New Borges Updated With A New Preface

Updated With A New Preface By The Author That Addresses Many Of The Provocative Arguments Raised By Its Initial Publication

It Starts With Betrayal

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Newbery Honor Winner Joan Bauer'S New Novel Will Touch Your Heartwhen Twelveyearold Sugar'S Grandfather Dies And Her Gambling Father Takes Off Yet Again

The Literature Of Destruction: Jewish Responses To Catastrophe,New Borges Updated With A New PrefaceDavid Roskies, In One Hundred Powerful Selections, Presents The Twothousand Year History Of Jewish Responses To Castastrophe. The Cyclical Nature Of Violent Regimes And Their Overthrow Is Delineated In These Recurring Images Of Sin, Martyrdom, And Retribution That Have Sustained The Jewish People Despite Pogroms, Massacres, And Expulsions From The Destruction Of The First Temple Through The Holocaust To The Eventual Return To Their Homeland.