Job: The Story of a Simple Man [Paperback]

Joseph Roth (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2003 | Series: Works of Joseph Roth

A newly arrived immigrant to New York experiences a series of devastating misfortunes. Just as he begins to lose his faith in God, something comes along to restore his faith, a miracle that will have the reader rejoicing.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A beautiful and moving chronicle ... A book to read and remember." -- Saturday Review

"A tale which holds good for any age and which is clear to anyone who understands with his heart." -- Stefan Zweig

"An inspired book." -- The New York Times

Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: Overlook TP (January 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585673749
• ISBN-13: 978-1585673742
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,087,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful story, December 1, 2000

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"westwoodswords" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Job: The Story of a Simple Man (Paperback)

Mendel Singer parallels the biblical Job. Roth's characters are warm and human. The best of all the fictional treatments of the Job story. I particularly appreciated his treatment of the most difficult part of the Book of Job, his final restoration.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Simple Man made Wise, January 16, 2001

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A. Gilmore (Lancing, West Sussex) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Job: The Story of a Simple Man (Paperback)

An extraordinarily moving story with the biblical Job at its heart - a man driven `to curse God' and ready to die, including his friends who come as comforters - but written in such a way as to capture the heart of the story and the imagination of the reader and, by concluding at the very point where you want it to go on, leaving you to complete the experience for yourself.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't stop crying or smiling, February 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Job: The Story of a Simple Man (Paperback)

It is so good to see that people haven't changed in almost 100 years. What moved people then, still moves us today. Life has come full circle. It is among the wisest books about human nature and life's bare essentials.