num_pages: 161
description: Because he was permitted to survive World War II, French Jew, Joseph Brill has dedicated his life to the exhortation of his childhood rabbi--to teach. As principal of a school in the American midwest, he teaches his version of enlightenment hoping to make a difference. But all he sees around him is debilitating mediocrity until the brilliant Hester Lilt enrolls her daughter in his school.
language: English
title: The Cannibal Galaxy
titlecomplete: The Cannibal Galaxy
genres: Fiction, American, Jewish, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 221
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr