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Vidui
Overview
Fiction. Jewish Studies. A version of Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilyich, except that it is contemporary, Jewish, and (therefore?) often funny. Tolstoy wasn't much given to humor, though it's a vital part of our visions of ourselves. Vidui is a Hebrew prayer to be recited when death is imminent, often translated as confession, but with the word meaning what it did for St. Augustine--a reckoning, a summing-up.
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- ISBN-13: 9781604892314
- ISBN-10: 1604892315
- Publisher: Livingston Press at the University of West Al
- Publish Date: November 2019
- Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.5 pounds
- Page Count: 130
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