The Tears and Prayers of Fools: A Novel by Grigory Kanovich Yiddish Learning Sonata in Auschwitz by Luize

Sonata in Auschwitz by Luize Valente Translated from Portuguese by Claudio Bethencourt

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The Tears and Prayers of Fools: A Novel by Grigory Kanovich Yiddish Learning Sonata in Auschwitz by LuizeTranslated by Mary Ann Szporluk This extraordinary novel is part of Grigory Kanovichs Litvak saga, his tribute to Jewish life before the Holocaust. Set in a small Lithuanian town in the late nineteenth century, the story begins with the arrival of a stranger who sets everyone on edge and seems to know their secrets. Is he a messenger from God, a long lost son, a saint, or a madman? As the stranger in the velvet yarmulke makes his rounds, we meet an