A Book That Was Lost delivers many short tales of Jewish devotion - to Torah, to the Land of Israel, to the author's birthplace in Buczacz,
to love, family, and the end of wars.

Shmuel Agnon gradually weaves in the horror and massacres of World War II.

For World War I, many Jewish men fought on the side of Germany.
This adds to the horror of the massacres and extermination in World War II.

S.Y. Agnon seeks to unite divine reason with classical and modern Jewish thinking.
His beliefs are inspired by his devotion to religious tradition.

My favorite of his stories of variable quality and interest was "The Tale of the Menorah,"
while I deep-pearled "Pisces" for animal cruelty.

The Glossary was excellent reading. ( )