Winner of the 1998 National Jewish Book Award
"An astonishing fusion of learning and psychic intensity; its poignance and lucidity should be an authentic benefit to readers, Jewish and gentile." --"The New York Times Book Review"
Children have obligations to their parents: the Talmud says "o[...]
"The pleasure of reading the "Education" is . . . the pleasure of seeing history come alive, of seeing it move, of seeing behind history to the actions and actors. It is the pleasure of seeing revealed the humanity so often concealed in history." -Alfred Kazin
Henry Adams was one of the most po[...]