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Jaryk Smith, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, and Lucy Gardner, a southerner, newly arrived in the city, are in the first bloom of love when they receive word that Jaryk's oldest friend has died under mysterious circumstances in a rural village in eastern India.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTravelling there alone to collect his friend's ashes, Jaryk soon finds himself enmeshed in the chaos of local politics and efforts to stage a play in protest against the government—the same play that he performed as a child in Warsaw as an act of resistance against the Nazis. Torn between the survivor's guilt he has carried for decades and his feelings for Lucy (who, unbeknownst to him, is pregnant with his child), Jaryk must decide how to honor both the past and the present, and how to accept a happiness he is not sure he deserves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn unforgettable love story, a provocative exploration of the role of art in times of political upheaval, and a deeply moving reminder of the power of the past to shape the present, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Play for the End of the World\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis a remarkable debut from an exciting new voice in fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RNDM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43495250526269,"sku":"ahm1787285476109","price":12.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0623\/1470\/9053\/files\/a-play-for-the-end-of-the-world-by-jai-chakrabarti_1.jpg?v=1787285481"},{"product_id":"jewish-folktales-by-pinhas-sadeh","title":"Jewish Folktales by  Pinhas Sadeh","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranslated by Hillel Halkin, this is a remarkably diverse and immensely entertaining gathering of Jewish legends and the first worldwide anthology of Jewish folktales.  It draws from both traditional Eastern European literary sources and the vast body of oral material from the Middle East and North Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"RNDM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43495250722877,"sku":"beo1787285477142","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0623\/1470\/9053\/files\/jewish-folktales-by-pinhas-sadeh_1.jpg?v=1787285482"},{"product_id":"complete-idiots-guide-to-learning-yiddish-by-rabbi-benjamin-blech","title":"Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Yiddish by Rabbi Benjamin Blech","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou're not idiot, of course. 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