| Author | : Bella Chagall |
| File Size | : 44,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 12 March 1988 |
| ISBN | : 9780805208634 |
| Pages | : 274 pages |
Burning Lights by Bella Chagall Book PDF Summary
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. Bella 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 Burning Lights, an allusion to the festive candles that in their childhood had lit up the holidays of the Jewish year.