A Blessing on the Moon

Skibell, Joseph

ISBN 10: 0316642487 / ISBN 13: 9780316642484

Published by Abacus (a Division of Little, Brown and Company UK), London UK, 1998

About this Item

256 pages. Dustjacket has light wear to spine-ends. Book has a binding fault where paper is not stuck to inner front board and is uncut at opening edge from flyleaf, minimal wear to bottom spine-end, otherwise pages very clean.

Seller Inventory # 031544

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Blessing on the Moon
• Publisher: Abacus (a Division of Little, Brown and Company UK), London UK
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316642487
• ISBN 13: 9780316642484
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First British Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good

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Synopsis

When I got to our village, everything was gone. A dozen workmen were lifting all the memories into carts and driving off. 'Hey! Hey!' I shouted after them. But they wouldn't stop. In front of every house were piles and vows and promises, all in broken pieces. How I could see such things, I cannot tell you.'

Chaim Skibelski was a successful businessman, husband, and father before he was shot along with the other Jews from his small village. Instead of resting peacefully in the World to Come, Chaim wanders the earth and encounters a world that is at once absurd and oddly familiar. Through it all, Chaim manages to find hope and compassion in the most astounding circumstances, discovering beneath the human propensity for destruction the promise of renewal.

Narrated from an entirely unexpected point of view, A BLESSING ON THE MOON is a daring and original novel inspired by the horrors of the Holocaust. Its startling vision and emotional impact combine fantasy and realism to create a tour de force that is by turns wise, humorous, and deeply moving.

About the Author

Joseph Skibell is a playwright and writer in residence at the University of Wisconsin. This is his first novel.