The Last of the Just Summary
André Schwarz-Bart

The Last of the Just Summary

Ernie Levy is the last of the family of Levy to be a Lamed-Vovnik, a Just Man. His story takes place during the years leading up to and during World War II, but the book's story begins in the year 1185, with a slaughter of Jewish men, women and children in York, England. The legend of the Just Men is that God granted that there would be thirty-six men during each generation...

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