Description
Spanning eight centuries, this sweeping historical novel follows the Levy family, whose successive “Just Men” are believed to be among the righteous souls sustaining humanity through its darkest trials. From medieval England to the Holocaust, the family’s story traces the persistence of Jewish faith, memory, and suffering amid persecution and exile. At its center is Ernie Levy, a sensitive schoolboy whose experience brings the novel’s meditation on inherited grief and the fragility of civilization into devastating focus. Written with solemn lyricism and moral urgency, the book stands as a powerful testament to the human cost of hatred and the enduring search for compassion.
Available Editions
paperback
Overlook Press
Published Jan 1, 2000
374 pages
ISBN: 9781585670161
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Details
First Published
1959
Language
eng
Translation
From: fra
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Last of the Just by André Schwarz-Bart.