The Awakening Author: Morris Tanner
The Awakening
A Sweeping Romantic Epopee and Existential Search for the Ultimate Antidote to Antisemitism
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: The Awakening
- Author: Morris Tanner
- Publisher: Phoenix Publishing, New York / London
- Publication Date: June 1973
- ISBN-10: Not Issued / Scarce Independent Press
- Edition Details: First Edition, First Printing. Standard Hardcover Release.
- Binding: Original publisher’s premium cloth boards, lettered on spine, housed in the original dramatic graphic dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), standard narrative layout.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Exterior / Cloth Boards: The structural cloth binding is in an excellent state of preservation, remaining exceptionally flat, square, and rigid. The spine architecture is perfect, firm, uncreased, and entirely free of unseemly lean or structural cracking.
- Interior: The text block is robustly bound, tight, and completely square. Internal pages are beautifully clean, clear, crisp, and intact, showing no signs of foxing, user underlinings, highlighting, or dog-ears.
- Preservation: Upgraded with a professional, archival-grade removable cellophane cover to insulate the binding from dust and handling wear.
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The Dust Jacket: Very Good (VG)
- Condition: The original illustrated jacket is vibrant and complete, exhibiting only slight, standard signs of minor edge wear and light handling wrinkles along the upper perimeter. It is entirely unclipped and free from aggressive amateur tape repairs.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in June 1973 by Phoenix Publishing, The Awakening is boldly subtitled by its creators as "the greatest love story in a hundred years," serving as a striking, ambitious fusion of romantic fiction and deep sociological philosophy.
Published in June 1973 by Phoenix Publishing, The Awakening is boldly subtitled by its creators as "the greatest love story in a hundred years," serving as a striking, ambitious fusion of romantic fiction and deep sociological philosophy.
Set against the tumultuous geopolitical backdrops of the twentieth century, the narrative tracks the profound, forbidden love between a Jewish boy and a Christian girl navigating a predominantly non-Jewish world. Tanner utilizes their sweeping relationship to explore the devastating human trials and tribulations triggered by competing forces of Nazism, Communism, institutionalized religion, and deep-seated historical hatred. Parallel to the romantic epic, the narrative functions as a vehicle for the author's lifelong search for a definitive psychological and historical answer to antisemitism. By balancing a high-stakes human drama with philosophical discourse, this rare 1970s independent first printing stands as a unique, highly compelling acquisition for serious collectors of mid-century sociological fiction, interfaith literature, and unusual twentieth-century Judaica collectibles.
Author Profile: Morris Tanner
Morris Tanner was a twentieth-century independent author and analytical thinker dedicated to exploring interfaith dynamics, human relations, and the root causes of systemic religious prejudice. Writing during an era of significant global and domestic social transformation in the early 1970s, Tanner sought to move beyond dry academic text blocks, utilizing accessible narrative storytelling to advocate for cross-cultural empathy, personal faith, and the deconstruction of racial bigotry.
Morris Tanner was a twentieth-century independent author and analytical thinker dedicated to exploring interfaith dynamics, human relations, and the root causes of systemic religious prejudice. Writing during an era of significant global and domestic social transformation in the early 1970s, Tanner sought to move beyond dry academic text blocks, utilizing accessible narrative storytelling to advocate for cross-cultural empathy, personal faith, and the deconstruction of racial bigotry.
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