{"product_id":"burning-lights-isbn-9780805208634","title":"Burning Lights","description":"This charming memoir by Bella Chagall recalls her childhood in Vitebsk, the Russian-Jewish market town where she and her husband, Marc Chagall, grew up. Her warm reminiscences of Jewish family life in pre-Revolutionary Russia are illustrated with thirty-six pen-and-ink drawings by Marc Chagall. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBella Chagall, a gifted author and actress, was the youngest of seven children born to a well-to-do Hasidic family. While living in France in the 1930s, the Chagalls conceived the idea of commemorating their native town with a book. The title they chose was \u003ci\u003eBurning Lights\u003c\/i\u003e, an allusion to the festive candles that in their childhood had lit up the holidays of the Jewish year.“A happy collaboration between painter Marc Chagall and his wife Bella. . . . Chagall’s illustrations capture that special quality of fantasy blended with truth.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In simple prose, Mrs. Chagall brings us into close contact with the Russian-Jewish community of the last generation—a life that is now physically in ruins but spiritually alive.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Pure pleasure to read . . . evocative, wistful. There is none who will not love this little book.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBELLA ROSENFELD CHAGALL \u003c\/b\u003e(November 1985 – September 1944) was a Jewish Belarusian writer and the first wife of painter Marc Chagall. Chagall’s works include \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Lights \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFirst Encounter.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Schocken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302913003749,"sku":"NP9780805208634","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780805208634.jpg?v=1767723206","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/burning-lights-isbn-9780805208634","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}