Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

This month we are reading the works of the Nobel Prize Winner S.Y. Agnon . He was born in the Ukraine and died in Jerusalem.
I've read a number of his books and recommend In the Heart of the Seas as a good introduction to his work.

Which book are you planning to read?

I picked up In the Heart of the Seas at my library yesterday. I should be able to read it this week.

Great!

I like it, Rosemarie. I like the simplistic bible story feel it has and how he informs the reader of the the way this group of people lived and just how important their faith, and this journey, was. It’s a short little thing and I’ll finish it tonight or tomorrow.

That's good to hear, Chad.

I'm reading The Parable and Its Lesson: A Novella and appreciate the fact that it is an annotated version. I plan on reading the essay in the book as well.

I finished In the Heart of the Seas this morning. I don’t think I’ve read a work of fiction so steeped in religion before. On top of that, a religion I don’t know all that much about. Initially I was worried that it would be an issue for me, not knowing exactly what the author was referring to all the time. But it wasn’t. This was great little story.
I found the separation of and distinct roles for men and woman interesting. There seemed to be a lot of focus on that.

That was part of the culture of those times, Chad.