In the Heart of the Seas (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Shmuel Yosef Czaczkes
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Folklore
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Setting: Buczacz, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire; the Land of Israel; and places in between
- Principal Characters: Hananiah, Rabbi Shmuel Yosef, Zusha, His Abandoned Wife
- Genres: Long fiction, Folklore, Epic
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Tradition, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Poverty or poor people, Jews or Jewish life, Storytelling, Middle East, Begging or beggars
- Locales: Europe, Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine, Mediterranean, Galicia
The Story:
Before a group of men and women started on their journey to settle in the Land of Israel, a stranger named Hananiah entered their town of Buczacz, entreating them to allow him to accompany them. The man, barefoot and in rags, carried all his worldly goods tied up in a kerchief. With some prompting, he recounted his adventures, full of perils and narrow escapes. He stayed for a time with robbers who had been forced by their oppressors into a life of crime. Asking why the robber chief put on phylacteries, Hananiah learned of the death of Zusha, the band’s former...
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