num_pages: 370
description: Gershon Loran, a quiet rabinical student, is troubled by the dark reality around him. He sees hope in the study of Kabbalah, the Jewish bok of mysticism and visions, truth and light. But to Gershon's friend, Arthur, light means something else, the Atom bomb, his father helped create. Both men seek different a refuge in a foreign place, hoping for the same thing....From the Paperback edition.
language: English
title: The Book of Lights
titlecomplete: The Book of Lights
genres: Jewish, Religion, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Judaism, Novels, Literature, Classics, Judaica, Fiction
ratings_count: 2421
places: New York City, New York
publisher: Ballantine Books