{"product_id":"0385488823-journey_to_the_end_of_the_millennium","title":"Journey to the End of the Millennium","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary story of a voyage that becomes a personal quest at the end of the first millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the year 999, when Ben Attar, a Moroccan Jewish merchant, takes a second wife, he commits an act whose unforeseen consequences will forever alter his family, his relationships, his business-his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an attempt to forestall conflict and advance his business interests at the same time, Ben Attar undertakes his annual journey to Europe with both his first wife and his new wife. The trip is the beginning of a profound human drama whose moral conflicts of fidelity and desire resonate with those of our time. Yehoshua renders the medieval world of Jewish and Christian culture and trade with astonishing depth and sensuous detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the trials of a medieval merchant, the renowned author explores the deepest questions about the nature of morality, character, codes of human conduct, and matters of the heart.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA. B. Yehoshua is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Late Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOpen Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eFive Seasons\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMr. Mani\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which received the National Jewish Book Award. For his body of work to date, he was awarded the prestigious Israel Prize. He teaches literature at Haifa University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAction \u0026amp; Adventure\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Doubleday","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":49112713068734,"sku":"0385488823-3","price":18.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/71qMJ-8QmBL.jpg?v=1790085607","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0385488823-journey_to_the_end_of_the_millennium","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}