The missing candlestick - Stefan Zweig

In this wondrous and confusing novel at the same time, Zweig presents us with an important testimony about the journey of tracking the candlestick stolen by the Vandals during the great looting of Rome, based on his oral and narrative memory, and his ability to delve into the depths of the human soul. A journey of a different kind not recorded in the scriptures of the Torah, although its structural and narrative foundations were inspired by its seven-branched candlestick, or the menorah, the flame of God. It is a novel that offers the idea of salvation in a different way. For Zweig, salvation is never found in that lost sacredness, but rather in that long journey undertaken by humans in search of hope during times of horror, fear, and rapid collapses. It is a novel about hope, the hope of humans to be saved from their sins and evil, perhaps the dawn of humanity will shine again, far from the spirit of destruction and killing.