The Cannibal Galaxy

Name: The Cannibal Galaxy
Author: Cynthia Ozick
ISBN: 9780394529431

Cynthia Ozick

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The Cannibal Galaxy

Cynthia Ozick

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A reprint of the Knopf edition, this novel tells the story of a man who survived the Holocaust and built a school based on his vision of educating gifted children through exposure to multiple cultures and disciplines. The school, which he names after a astronomical phenomenon, becomes his life's work as he attempts to create an environment where intellectual curiosity and cross-cultural understanding flourish. However, the gap between his idealistic vision and the reality of what his school becomes reveals deeper questions about the nature of education, ambition, and the limits of human aspiration in the aftermath of profound tragedy.

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