num_pages: 240
description: Penniless, 18-year-old David Bendier arrives in the big city, Warsaw, in 1922, determined to become a writer. He is hungry for philosophy and culture, the worlds of Spinoza and the spirit. But the path from innocence to experience is a slippery one. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
language: English
title: The Certificate
titlecomplete: The Certificate
genres: Fiction, Jewish, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize
ratings_count: 367
publisher: Penguin Classics