{"product_id":"old-men-at-midnight-stories-9780345439987","title":"Old Men at Midnight: Stories","description":"From 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chaim Potok\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.58w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345439987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e75485 \/ Old Men at Midnight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. He died on July 23, 2002.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43232636371059,"sku":"9.78035E+12","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_db41ffed-c0cf-4d0a-9cec-fa88730cc305.jpg?v=1754048957","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/old-men-at-midnight-stories-9780345439987","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}