Judah the Pious
1973
First Published
3.83
Average Rating
222
Number of Pages
A reissue of a novel first published in 1973. In it, a rabbi tells the story of Judah ben Simon, the son of a village scholar. Judah's discovery that his conception is entwined with magic sets off his flight from family, roots, and self.
Avg Rating
3.83
Number of Ratings
65
5 STARS
28%
4 STARS
37%
3 STARS
29%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
3%
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Author
Francine Prose
Author · 38 books
Francine Prose is the author of twenty works of fiction. Her novel A Changed Man won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and Blue Angel was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her most recent book is Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932. She lives in New York City.
