The Agunah
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket showing usual signs of aging. On tear 1.5cm long on top left corner of jacket - otherwise jacket structural. Foxing on block, does not extend internally - pages are clean and bright. Binding tight.
A landmark work of Yiddish literature, The Agunah chronicles the tragic plight of Merl, a woman trapped in a loveless marriage in a traditional Jewish community in pre-war Eastern Europe, unable to obtain a religious divorce and therefore bound by law to a husband who has abandoned her. With profound moral seriousness and unflinching emotional depth, Grade illuminates the painful collision between rigid religious law and the raw, urgent needs of the human heart. The novel presents a richly drawn portrait of a tight-knit rabbinic world where scholars, community leaders, and ordinary townspeople wrestle with questions of justice, compassion, and faith. Grade's prose carries the weight of a community on the brink of annihilation, imbuing every scene with a sense of irreplaceable cultural memory. The Agunah stands as a masterpiece of Jewish fiction — a searing, compassionate testament to the lives of those caught between tradition and personal freedom.
Author: Chaim Grade (Translated by Curt Leviant)
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc.
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket showing usual signs of aging. On tear 1.5cm long on top left corner of jacket - otherwise jacket structural. Foxing on block, does not extend internally - pages are clean and bright. Binding tight.
A landmark work of Yiddish literature, The Agunah chronicles the tragic plight of Merl, a woman trapped in a loveless marriage in a traditional Jewish community in pre-war Eastern Europe, unable to obtain a religious divorce and therefore bound by law to a husband who has abandoned her. With profound moral seriousness and unflinching emotional depth, Grade illuminates the painful collision between rigid religious law and the raw, urgent needs of the human heart. The novel presents a richly drawn portrait of a tight-knit rabbinic world where scholars, community leaders, and ordinary townspeople wrestle with questions of justice, compassion, and faith. Grade's prose carries the weight of a community on the brink of annihilation, imbuing every scene with a sense of irreplaceable cultural memory. The Agunah stands as a masterpiece of Jewish fiction — a searing, compassionate testament to the lives of those caught between tradition and personal freedom.