Hiob by Joseph Roth

23/11/2016 20:11

 

Mendel Singer is a poor, Russian Jew who teaches small children how to learn the bible by heart. His wife, Deborah is always complaining, but his three children are usually polite. But then, Menuchim is born, a cripple with a prophecy. The pain would make him kind and wise, but his mother should never leave him. As Deborah is fixed on the cripple only the family dissovles: The military takes away his healthy two sons… and when her daughter's past is discovered, the family has no choice but to go to America – but that would mean leaving Menuchim behind.