{"product_id":"long-summer-nights-9781609808983","title":"Long Summer Nights","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe second and last children's book by the extraordinary Holocaust survivor and Hebrew-language author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eAdam \u0026amp; Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA mystical and transcendent journey of two wanderers, an eleven-year-old boy and an old man to whom the boy has been entrusted by his father, a Jew, fleeing the ravages of the war by the late award winning author, Aharon Appelfeld. The old man is a former Ukranian commander, revered by the soldiers under his command, who has gone blind and chosen the life of a wanderer as his last spiritual adventure. The child, now disguised as a Ukranian non-Jew, learns from the old man how to fend for himself and how to care for others. In the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/i\u003e, the travelers learn from each other and the boy grows stronger and wiser as the old man teaches him the art of survival and, through the stories he shares, the reasons for living. \u003ci\u003eLong Summer Nights \u003c\/i\u003ecarries its magic not only in the words, but also in the silences between them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Triangle Square\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609808983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aharon Appelfeld","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45234785321141,"sku":"9781609808983","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ae6e2336-03e4-4630-a546-ddc682c94de3.jpg?v=1743518790","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/long-summer-nights-9781609808983","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}