The ruined house
Subtitle: a novel
By: Ruby Namdar ; translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin
Contributors: Halkin, Hillel, 1939- translator
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 514
ISBN-13: 9780062467492
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Cabala; Fiction; Visions; Mysticism; College teachers
Work titles: Bayit asher nehÌĐrav
Description: Andrew P. Cohen, a successful NYU professor of comparative culture, is suddenly plagued with strange and inexplicable visions of an ancient religious ritual. As his superficially perfect world begins to unravel, he is forced to question his beliefs. Interspersed throughout the novel are pages from an ancient (pseudo)Talmudic text, harking back to the golden age of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Hidden in this frenzied, semi-opaque other narrative lies the mysterious key to understanding the drama of Andrew's life.
Notes: Text in English.