{"product_id":"burning-lights-9780805208634","title":"Burning Lights","description":"This charming memoir by Bella Chagall recalls her childhood in Vitebsk, the Russian-Jewish market town where she and her husband, Marc Chagall, grew up. Her warm reminiscences of Jewish family life in pre-Revolutionary Russia are illustrated with thirty-six pen-and-ink drawings by Marc Chagall. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBella Chagall, a gifted author and actress, was the youngest of seven children born to a well-to-do Hasidic family. While living in France in the 1930s, the Chagalls conceived the idea of commemorating their native town with a book. The title they chose was \u003ci\u003eBurning Lights\u003c\/i\u003e, an allusion to the festive candles that in their childhood had lit up the holidays of the Jewish year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBELLA ROSENFELD CHAGALL \u003c\/b\u003e(November 1985 - September 1944) was a Jewish Belarusian writer and the first wife of painter Marc Chagall. Chagall's works include \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Lights \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFirst Encounter.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Schocken Books Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556483993874,"sku":"9780805208634","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_037d37b9-4aa3-4d69-b7c1-7d1982906352.jpg?v=1731754786","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/burning-lights-9780805208634","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}