SOURCE: Appelfeld, Aharon. “Between Shelter and Home.” Modern Hebrew Literature 14 (spring-summer 1995): 9-11.
In the following essay, Appelfeld disputes other critics who say that Agnon exemplifies the “sacred” in Judaism vs. the “profane” of secularism, asserting that Agnon had a more holistic approach which combined both tradition and change.
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