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The Last of the Just : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Last of the Just
''The Last of the Just'' is a post-war novel by André Schwarz-Bart originally published in French (as ''Le Dernier des justes'') in 1959. It was published in an English translation by Stephen Becker in 1960. It was Schwarz-Bart's first book and won the Prix de Goncourt, France's highest literary prize.〔() January 22, 1961 St. Petersburg Times〕 The author was the son of a Polish Jewish family murdered by the Nazis and he based the story on a Hebrew legend.〔R.Z. Sheppard (Books: Out of Africa ) February 05, 1973 Time〕 The story follows the "Just Men" of the Levy family over eight centuries. Each Just Man is a Lamed Vav, one of the thirty-six righteous souls whose existence justifies the purpose of humankind to God.〔() Legend of the Thirty Six〕 Each "bear the world's pains... beginning with the execution of an ancestor in 12th-century York, England... culminat() in the story of a schoolboy, Ernie, the last... executed at Auschwitz."〔William Stevenson (FIVE BEST Secret Agent ) Espionage is a secretive business, but these classics are the best spy stories ever told. Saturday, December 9, 2006 Wall Street Journal〕 It has been described as an enduring classic that reminds "how easily torn is the precious fabric of civilization, and how destructive are the consequences of dumb hatred-whether a society's henchmen are permitted to beat an Ernie Levy because he's Jewish, or because he's black or gay or Hispanic or homeless."〔MICHAEL DORRIS (Trust Me On This Remembering a Book of Remembering ) September 15, 1991 page 2 Book Review Los Angeles Times〕 ==References==
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