{"product_id":"9781590177495","title":"In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e2013 National Jewish Book Award Finalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Library Association Sophie Brody Medal Honor Title 2015\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn eczema-riddled  Lower East Side haberdasher, Isaac Markowitz, moves to Israel to repair  his broken heart and becomes, much to his own surprise, the assistant  to a famous old rabbi who daily dispenses wisdom (and soup) to the  troubled souls who wash up in his courtyard. It is there that he meets  the flame-haired Tamar, a newly religious young American hipster on a  mission to live a spiritual life with a spiritual man. Into both of  their lives comes Mustafa, a devout Muslim, deformed at birth, a janitor  who works on the Temple Mount, holy to both Muslims and Jews. When  Mustafa finds an ancient shard of pottery that may date back to the fi  rst temple, he brings it to Isaac in friendship. That gesture sets in  motion a series of events that lands Isaac in the company of Israel’s  worst criminal riff raff, puts Mustafa in mortal danger, and leaves  Tamar struggling to save them both.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs these  characters—immigrants and natives; Muslim and Jewish; prophets and lost  souls—move through their world, they are never sure if they will fall  prey to the cruel tricks of luck or be sheltered by a higher power.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174444253424,"sku":"9781590177495","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590177495_p0.jpg?v=1763808778","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590177495","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}