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Two Tales: Betrothed & Edo and Enam by Agnon, Shmuel Yosef is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Two Tales: Betrothed & Edo and Enam about?
Two newly revised translations from the Hebrew, with new and illustrated annotations, of two novellas by Nobel Laureate S.Y. Agnon. Two stories clearly in dialogue with one another, sharing elements of moonstruck sleepwalkers, disengaged academics, and the typically Agnonian unfulfilled love. In Betrothed, Jacob Rechnitz, a marine biologist arrives in pre-World War I Jaffa on the Mediterranean coast of the Land of Israel. His scholarly pursuits and gentle dalliance with six girls is interrupted by the arrival of his benefactor Ehrlich and his daughter Shoshanah, who is destined to rouse Jacob from his waking slumber through the power of their childhood betrothal oath. The idyllic peace of Betrothed is counterpointed in Edo and Enam by restlessness leading to tragedy. The scholars Ginat and Gamzu are wanderers; men like the narrator himself, gambling on travel for some magical answer to their problems. Ironically, Gamzu's wife Gemulah, a sleepwalker, puts an end to their quest in a ma
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Agnon, Shmuel Yosef
- Publisher
- The Toby Press, Llc
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781592643561
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (14 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14