{"product_id":"9781782279259-the-book-of-paradise","title":"The Book of Paradise","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Marvellous Life Story of Samuel Abba Strewth\u003cbr\u003eThe raucously witty Yiddish classic about a Jewish Paradise afflicted by very human temptations and pains, in a new translation\u003cbr\u003eThe raucously witty Yiddish classic about a Jewish Paradise afflicted by very human temptations and pains, in a new translationOn being expelled from Paradise, young Samuel Abba pulls a crafty trick, managing to arrive on earth with his memory intact. He quickly begins regaling the humans around him with mischievous stories of a Paradise far from their expectations: a world of drunken angels, lewd patriarchs and the same divisions and temptations that shape the human world.The Book of Paradise is a comic masterpiece, and the only novel by one of the great Yiddish writers. Written in the midst of rising anti-Semitism in 1930s Europe, its raucous blend of sacred and profane is a slyly profound reflection of the author's turbulent times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40935511195745,"sku":"9781782279259","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41161896_29bf4cf6-3633-4a6a-bbe5-b96f9063e77f.jpg?v=1778128420","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781782279259-the-book-of-paradise","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}