The Mystics of Mile End

by Sigal Samuel

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Sigal Samuel's debut novel, in the vein of Nicole Krauss's bestselling The History of Love, is an imaginative story that delves into the heart of Jewish mysticism, faith, and family. "This is not an ordinary tree I am making. "This," he said, "this is the Tree of Knowledge." In the half-Hasidic, half-hipster Montreal neighborhood of Mile End, eleven-year-old Lev Meyer is discovering that there may be a place for Judaism in his life. As he learns about science in his day school, Lev begins his own extracurricular study of the Bible's Tree of Knowledge with neighbor Mr. Katz, who...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781554812530
  • Publish Date 31 May 2015
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Out of Print 23 May 2022
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint Broadview Press Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 288
  • Language English