{"product_id":"willy-a-novella-new","title":"Willy: A Novella,New","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile Willy Has Neither The Multigenerational Sweep Nor The Moral Gravitas Of I. J. Singers Family Sagas, Its Themes Are Nonetheless Timeless, Its Struggles Archetypal. A Father And Son Quarrel, And, In The Process, A Richly Compact Narrative Emerges. Their Respective Stories Define What Is Lost And What Is Gained In Immigrant Passage To The New World. The Eponymous Hero, Volf Rubinwilly (Vili) Robin In Americais The Rare Agon Who Shares Center Stage With His Antagonist, That Is, His More Voluble Paterfamilias. The Sententious Hirshmodeled On The Chief Rabbi Of Nyesheve And Singer'S Own Painful Childhood Encounters With His Savage Brutalitytenaciously Holds On To Some Of The More Merciless Pronouncements Derived From A Literalist Reading And Application Of Jewish Law. Such Is The Heavy Baggage Which, According To Volf, Should Have Been Left Behind In Steerage.Volf'S Lapsed Judaism Is His Fathers Dystopian Nightmare: A Collection Of Halakhic Transgressions, And Worse, His Renunciation Of Study. Volfs School Is The Meadow, The Farm, And The Stable: All Comprise An Idyllic Revision Of The Scene Of Instruction. He Is A Devotee Of Nature, Its Flora And Especially Its Fauna. Volfs Love For His Horses Is Steadfast And Unbridled: He Holds On To Their Manes Without The Mediation Of Manmade Straps Of Leather. Through An Unforeseen Turn Of Events And Peripety, Hirsh Finds Undeserved Recompense. Volf, On The Other Hand, Has Subverted His Own Lifelong Effort To Spurn His Father'S Spiritual Patrimony. Hence The Dual Narrative Of Father And Son, Deriving From Orthodox Observance And Heterodox Dissent Respectively, Has Been Lifted Wholesale From Europe To America And Obtains With Equal Force On Both Sides Of The Atlantic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hamilton Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46564203004149,"sku":"DADAX0761871829","price":49.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/81_3LixAblL.jpg?v=1744710727","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/willy-a-novella-new","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}