Short Story Collections (Single Author), Middle Eastern Fiction, Jewish Fiction & Literature, European Fiction - General
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Overview
An owl is blown off course by the rumbling of a volcano and sits impassive on a ship as the crew discusses what to do with it. A Spanish civil war veteran signs up to help transport illegal immigrants to pre-state Israel, but becomes obsessed with a newspaper kiosk girl, with unforeseen results. A man too old to enlist when war breaks out goes on a final sea voyage to collect munitions for his beleaguered country. An old sailor recollects meeting the biblical hero, Noah, in a port in Smyrna. Auerbach's tales draw on the themes that ran through his life - his years at sea, on kibbutz in Israel, his survival of the horrors of war and the Holocaust.Synopsis
An owl is blown off course by the rumbling of a volcano and sits impassive on a ship as the crew discusses what to do with it. A Spanish civil war veteran signs up to help transport illegal immigrants to pre-state Israel, but becomes obsessed with a newspaper kiosk girl, with unforeseen results. A man too old to enlist when war breaks out goes on a final sea voyage to collect munitions for his beleaguered country. An old sailor recollects meeting the biblical hero, Noah, in a port in Smyrna. Auerbach's tales draw on the themes that ran through his life - his years at sea, on kibbutz in Israel, his survival of the horrors of war and the Holocaust.
Book Details
Published
June 1, 2003
Publisher
Toby Press LLC, The
Pages
310
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781902881799