Old Men at Midnight (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Chaim Potok
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Novellas
- Genres: Long fiction, Novella
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Authors or writers, New York City, 1940’s, World War II, Jews or Jewish life, War, World War I, Peace, Holocaust, Jewish, Poland or Polish people, Students or student life, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Brooklyn, NY, Russia, Poland
The narrator for all three stories is Iania Davita Dinn, newly graduated from high school in Brooklyn when the first novella, The Ark Builder, unfolds. As interesting as the story is, it is perhaps unfortunate that it is told from the standpoint of the young girl who, as Potok's mouthpiece, is less than convincing. Potok's shadow casts itself over her dialogue and action in this story.
Be that as it may, Noah Stremin, a sixteen year old in 1947, to whom Davita gives English lessons, is at first quite reticent and reserved, but as the summer wears on, he eventually tells...
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