{"product_id":"old-men-at-midnight-stories-9780345439987","title":"Old Men at Midnight: Stories","description":"From the celebrated author of \u003cb\u003eThe Chosen\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMy Name Is Asher Lev\u003c\/b\u003e, a trilogy of related novellas about a woman whose life touches three very different men--stories that encompass some of the profoundest themes of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIlana Davita Dinn is the listener to whom three men relate their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young girl, she offers English lessons to a teenage survivor of the camps. In \"The Ark Builder,\" he shares with her the story of his friendship with a proud old builder of synagogue arks, and what happened when the German army invaded their Polish town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a graduate student, she finds herself escorting a guest lecturer from the Soviet Union, and in \"The War Doctor,\" her sympathy moves him to put his painful past to paper recounting his experiences as a Soviet NKVD agent who was saved by an idealistic doctor during the Russian civil war, only to encounter him again during the terrifying period of the Kremlin doctors' plot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd, finally, we meet her in \"The Trope Teacher,\" in which a distinguished professor of military history, trying to write his memoirs, is distracted by his wife's illness and by the arrival next door of a new neighbor, the famous writer I. D. (Ilana Davita) Chandal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoignant and profound, Chaim Potok's newest fiction is a major addition to his remarkable--and remarkably loved--body of work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChaim Potok, trained as a rabbi and an editor, became an international success with his beloved first novel, \u003cb\u003eThe Chosen\u003c\/b\u003e, and over the following thirty-odd years he gave us many other memorable works, both fiction and nonfiction. He died on July 23, 2002.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526976835858,"sku":"9780345439987","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ae4608f1-0a56-452f-be9e-4b728dca0320.jpg?v=1731288589","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/old-men-at-midnight-stories-9780345439987","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}