Young Joseph
1st American ed.
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Author
Contributions
- H.T. Lowe-Porter - Translator
Publication
1935 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
77,750 words, Guess
Page Count
311 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6318899M
- OCLC Control Number549693
- Internet Archivebwb_W9-AFH-286
- Library of Congress Control Number35006198
- LibraryThing401261
Classifications
- DDC833.91
- LCCP3.M3184 Yo
Description
The first volume, Tales of Jacob, tells of Joseph's father, Jacob, and acts as a sort of prelude. It presents a very strange world -- a world in which people can bury their own son alive as a sacrifice to the gods. And yet, somehow, the characters are not remote: the mythical and the human are held in balance. Joseph himself emerges in the second volume, Young Joseph, and while the first volume provided ample evidence of Mann's mastery of pacing (despite the generally slow pulse), it doesn't perhaps prepare us for what we get in the closing chapters of the second: when Joseph's brothers imprison him in a pit and then sell him into slavery, the narrative acquires a tremendous forward momentum and leaves one breathless with excitement. - Himadri Chatterjee.
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Series Statement
- Joseph and his brothers ; bk. 2
Other Editions
- Young Joseph
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