Bibliograph

In the courtyard of the Kabbalist, Ruchama King Feuerman

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In the courtyard of the Kabbalist, Ruchama King Feuerman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

In the courtyard of the Kabbalist

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

858912061

Responsibility statement

Ruchama King Feuerman

Series statement

NYRB Lit

Summary

An eczema-riddled, middle-aged former Lower East Side haberdasher, Isaac Markowitz, moves to Israel where he becomes, much to his own surprise, the assistant to a famous old rabbi who daily dispenses wisdom (and soup) to the collection of seekers gathered in his courtyard. It is there that he meets Tamar, a young American woman on a mission to live a spiritual life with a spiritual man, and who sees Isaac as that man long before he sees himself that way. Into both of their lives comes Mustafa, a devout Muslim, deformed at birth, unloved by his own mother, a janitor who works on the Temple Mount, holy to both Muslims and Jews

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