318 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external and overall wear and use. Occasional pen markings on text. Creased front cover. Minimal, light, slight or very mild browning, tanning, foxing or discoloration on page edges, not affecting text.

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T�tulo

Number Our Days: The Moving Story Of A Remarkable Community Of Elderly Jews Living In Adversity - But With Dignity, Tradition, and Passion - In A California City

Editor

A Touchstone Book/Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, et al.

Fecha de publicaci�n

1980

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

0671254308

ISBN 13

9780671254308

Encuadernaci�n

Trade Paperback

Ilustrador

Anne Winslow (Cover Design)

Edici�n

1st Touchstone Edition: 1980

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Good

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When noted anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff received a grant to explore the process of aging, she decided to study some elderly Jews from Venice, California, rather than to report on a more exotic people. The story of the rituals and lives of these remarkable old people is, as Bel Kaufman said, "one of those rare books that leave the reader somehow changed."
Here Dr. Myerhoff records the stories of a culture that seems to give people the strength to face enormous daily problems -- poverty, neglect, loneliness, poor health, inadequate housing and physical danger. The tale is a poignant one, funny and often wise, with implications for all of us about the importance of ritual, the agonies of aging, and the indomitable human spirit.

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The chairperson of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Southern California, Dr. Myerhoff collaborated on a film about her work while she was doing the research for Number Our Days. It won the 1977 Academy Award for best short documentary. Her last book, Peyote Hunt, was nominated for a National Book Award.

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