{"product_id":"not-a-simple-story","title":"Not a Simple Story","description":"Not a Simple Story presents the modern Hebrew writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon in a new light—as an artist cum thinker whose novels and short stories manifest a deep understanding of the social and political crisis at the heart of modern Jewish life. Based on a close reading of Agnon's seminal novel A Simple Story, the book argues that Agnon was essentially a Jewish nationalist and secular modernist whose critical portrait of modern Jewish life seeks not to demean Jews but to hold them to a higher standard. By demonstrating all that Jewish society lacks, Agnon implicitly shows what it needs for it to thrive—a return to such lost notions as Jewish self-respect, heroism, and romantic love. Sharon Green's scholarly critique of this modern Hebrew classic offers students of Jewish studies a unique opportunity to penetrate the literary enigma Agnon has represented for almost a century.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54255849734488,"sku":"9780739102985","price":102.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780739102985_e1828df2-ece1-47dd-84d8-4e0a14a420c6.jpg?v=1778568341","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/not-a-simple-story","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}