{"product_id":"old-men-at-midnight-stories-paperback","title":"Old Men at Midnight: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChaim Potok\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the celebrated author of \u003cb\u003eThe Chosen\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMy Name Is Asher Lev\u003c\/b\u003e, a trilogy of related novellas about a woman whose life touches three very different men--stories that encompass some of the profoundest themes of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIlana Davita Dinn is the listener to whom three men relate their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young girl, she offers English lessons to a teenage survivor of the camps. In \"The Ark Builder,\" he shares with her the story of his friendship with a proud old builder of synagogue arks, and what happened when the German army invaded their Polish town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a graduate student, she finds herself escorting a guest lecturer from the Soviet Union, and in \"The War Doctor,\" her sympathy moves him to put his painful past to paper recounting his experiences as a Soviet NKVD agent who was saved by an idealistic doctor during the Russian civil war, only to encounter him again during the terrifying period of the Kremlin doctors' plot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd, finally, we meet her in \"The Trope Teacher,\" in which a distinguished professor of military history, trying to write his memoirs, is distracted by his wife's illness and by the arrival next door of a new neighbor, the famous writer I. D. (Ilana Davita) Chandal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoignant and profound, Chaim Potok's newest fiction is a major addition to his remarkable--and remarkably loved--body of work.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the celebrated author of The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev, a trilogy of related novellas about a woman whose life touches three very different men--stories that encompass some of the profoundest themes of the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003eIlana Davita Dinn is the listener to whom three men relate their lives. \u003cbr\u003eAs a young girl, she offers English lessons to a teenage survivor of the camps. In \"The Ark Builder,\" he shares with her the story of his friendship with a proud old builder of synagogue arks, and what happened when the German army invaded their Polish town. \u003cbr\u003eAs a graduate student, she finds herself escorting a guest lecturer from the Soviet Union, and in \"The War Doctor,\" her sympathy moves him to put his painful past to paper recounting his experiences as a Soviet NKVD agent who was saved by an idealistic doctor during the Russian civil war, only to encounter him again during the terrifying period of the Kremlin doctors' plot. \u003cbr\u003eAnd, finally, we meet her in \"The Trope Teacher,\" in which a distinguished professor of military history, trying to write his memoirs, is distracted by his wife's illness and by the arrival next door of a new neighbor, the famous writer I. D. (Ilana Davita) Chandal. \u003cbr\u003ePoignant and profound, Chaim Potok's newest fiction is a major addition to his remarkable--and remarkably loved--body of work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChaim Potok, trained as a rabbi and an editor, became an international success with his beloved first novel, \u003cb\u003eThe Chosen\u003c\/b\u003e, and over the following thirty-odd years he gave us many other memorable works, both fiction and nonfiction. 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