{"product_id":"9780345439987","title":"Old Men at Midnight","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the celebrated author of \u003cb\u003eThe Chosen\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMy Name Is Asher Lev\u003c\/b\u003e, a trilogy of related novellas about a woman whose life touches three very different men—stories that encompass some of the profoundest themes of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlana Davita Dinn is the listener to whom three men relate their lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a young girl, she offers English lessons to a teenage survivor of the camps. In “The Ark Builder,” he shares with her the story of his friendship with a proud old builder of synagogue arks, and what happened when the German army invaded their Polish town. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a graduate student, she finds herself escorting a guest lecturer from the Soviet Union, and in “The War Doctor,” her sympathy moves him to put his painful past to paper recounting his experiences as a Soviet NKVD agent who was saved by an idealistic doctor during the Russian civil war, only to encounter him again during the terrifying period of the Kremlin doctors’ plot. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, finally, we meet her in “The Trope Teacher,” in which a distinguished professor of military history, trying to write his memoirs, is distracted by his wife’s illness and by the arrival next door of a new neighbor, the famous writer I. D. (Ilana Davita) Chandal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoignant and profound, Chaim Potok’s newest fiction is a major addition to his remarkable—and remarkably loved—body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024757833968,"sku":"9780345439987","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780345439987_p0.jpg?v=1763687081","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780345439987","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}