The cannibal galaxy
By: Cynthia Ozick.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Jewish men -- Fiction; Educators -- Fiction; Middle West -- Fiction
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.