Not a Simple Story

<I>Not a Simple Story</I> presents the modern Hebrew writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon in a new light-as an artist <I>cum</I> thinker whose novels and short stories manifest a deep understanding of the social and political crisis at the heart of modern Jewish life. Based on a close reading of Agnon's seminal novel <I>A Simple Story</I> Sharon Green's scholarly critique offers students of Jewish studies a unique opportunity to penetrate the literary enigma Agnon has represented for almost a century.