Nister Der - The Family Mashber - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: First time in Paperback The Family Mashber is a protean work: a tale of a divided family and divided souls a panoramic picture of an Eastern European town a social satire a kabbalistic allegory an innovative fusion of modernist art and traditional storytelling a tale of weird humor and mounting tragic power embellished with a host of uncanny and fantastical gures drawn from daily life and the depths of the unconscious. Above all the book is an account of a world in crisis (in Hebrew mashber means crisis) torn between the competing claims of family community business politics the individual conscience and an elusive God. At the center of the book are three brothers: the businessman Moshe at the height of his fortunes as the story begins but whose luck takes a permanent turn for the worse; the religious seeker Luzi who for all his otherworldliness nds himself ever more caught up in worldly affairs; and the idiot - savant Alter whose reclusive existence is tortured by fear and sexual desire. The novel is also haunted by the enigmatic gure of Sruli Gol a drunk a profaner of sacred things an outcast who nonetheless nds his way through every door and may well hold the key to the brothers destinies.
Title: The Family Mashber
Author(s): Nister Der
Publisher: The New York Review Of Books Inc
Barcode: 9781590172797
Pages: 704 Pages
Publication Date: 5/20/2008
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction