BOOKS by Shmuel Yosef Agnon

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1	Only Yesterday more books like this by S Y Agnon, Ms. Barbara Harshav (Translator) Israeli Nobel Laureate S Y Agnon's famous masterpiece, his novel "Only Yesterday", here appears in English translation for the first time. Published in 1945, this book tells a seemingly simple tale about a man who immigrates to Palestine with the Second Aliya - the several hundred idealists who returned between 1904 and 1914 to work the Hebrew ... see all copies from £6.58! new only from £19.12! \| first editions
2	Days of Awe: A Treasury of Jewish Wisdom for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal on the High Holy Days more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Schmuel Yoseph Agnon (Editor), Arthur Green (Adapted by) Compiled by one of the greatest Hebrew writers of the 20th century and first published in 1948, Days of Awe is the long-acknowledged classic companion to the High Holy Days prayer book. Here in one volume are readings and meditations from the Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, and the Zohar, to deepen the spiritual experience of the holiest days of ... see all copies from £7.39! new only from £10.41!
3	A Simple Story more books like this by Schmuel Yoseph Agnon, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Hillel Halkin (Translator) Originally published in Hebrew 50 years ago, this is the not-so-simple story of a bygone time and place, about passion and the wisdom of community. The author asserts his values of community in a story rich in biblical allusion and redolent of the society in which he was raised. see all copies from £9.43! new only from £20.79!
4	A Book That Was Lost: And Other Stories more books like this by Schmuel Yoseph Agnon, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Anne Golomb Hoffman (Editor) A collection of short stories that follow the author from his hometown in Poland, to the early years of Jewish settlement in Israel, to Germany, where Agnon's stories address the Jewish infatuation with German culture between the World Wars. see all copies from £7.26! new only from £13.03! \| first editions
5	The bridal canopy more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon The Bridal Canopy is the story of a poor but devout Galician Jew, Rob Yudel, who wanders the countryside with his companion, Nuta, during the early nineteenth century in search of bridegrooms for his three daughters. At the heart of this work are the stories and the stories within the stories, which the two travelers share on their journey. see all copies from £9.18! new only from £23.26! \| first editions
6	Twenty-one stories more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Nahum Norbert Glatzer see all copies from £5.64! new only from £13.77! \| first editions
7	Simple Story more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon see all copies from £5.64! first editions
8	A guest for the night more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon Hailed as one of Agnon's most significant works, A Guest for the Night depicts Jewish life in Eastern Europe after World War I. A man journeys from Israel to his hometown in Europe, saddened to find so many friends taken by war, pogrom, or disease. In this vanishing world of traditional values, he confronts the loss of faith and trust of a younger ... see all copies from £10.90! new only from £12.68! \| first editions
9	Shira more books like this by S. Y. Agnon Final novel by the Nobel Laureate. Set against the backdrop of 1930s Jerusalem. A tragic love story. see all copies from £11.30! new only from £14.09! \| first editions
10	In the heart of the seas more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon "In the Heart of the Seas" is a sophisticated fantasy that tells the story of a pilgrimage of a group of Hasidim to the Holy Land. During an early decade of the nineteenth century in Bucsacz, S.Y. Agnon's actual birthplace, a small group of pious townspeople decides to sell their property and belongings, put aside their business affairs, and make ... see all copies from £8.44! new only from £12.09!
11	In the heart of the seas : a story of a journey to the land of Israel by Shmuel Yosef Agnon see all copies from £6.36! first editions
12	Shira more books like this by Schmuel Yoseph Agnon, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Zeva Shapiro (Translator) This novel, uncompleted when Agnon died in 1970, takes place in Jerusalem, among a group of German-Jewish academics. see all copies from £5.64! first editions
13	Days of Awe more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Schmuel Yoseph Agnon (Editor), Arthur Green (Adapted by) see all copies from £5.73! first editions
14	Agnon's Alef Bet more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Robert Friend (Translator), Arieh Zeldich (Illustrator) These twenty-two classic poems, written for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, are now available for the first time in English in this beautiful collection. see all copies from £12.08! new only from £15.15!
15	In Heart of Seas more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon, T Herzl Rome (Illustrator), I M Lask (Translator) see all copies from £5.24!
16 view cover	Two tales : Betrothed & Edo and Enam more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon Two tales of love. "Betrothed" portrays a teacher whose love for the sea leads him to the town of Jaffa. Though many pursue him, Rechnitz eschews romantic love for his studies until he can no longer resist. "Edo and Enam" is set after World War II in Jerusalem and considers how love evolves throughout the course of a marriage. see all copies from £10.31! new only from £13.47! \| first editions
17	Two tales more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon see all copies from £2.09!
18	Days of awe : being a treasury of traditions, legends and learned commentaries concerning Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur and the days between more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon see all copies from £7.76!
19	Betrothed, & Edo and Enam by Shmuel Yosef Agnon see all copies from £5.90! first editions
20	Betrothed, & Edo and Enam; two tales by S. Y. Agnon. by Shmuel Yosef Agnon see all copies from £6.18! first editions
21	Selected stories of S. Y. Agnon. more books like this by Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Samuel Leiter see all copies from £36.00!
22	In the heart of the seas : a story of a journey to the land of Isreal by Shmuel Yosef Agnon, I. M. Lask see all copies from £10.24! first editions

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