{"product_id":"burning-lights-paperback","title":"Burning Lights - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBella Chagall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNorbert Guterman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMarc Chagall\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.72 x 6.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131101057159,"sku":"9780805208634","price":21.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6895cc90e77b084a88d2b2fa3ad51169.webp?v=1732616340","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/burning-lights-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}