The lost candlestick, by Stefan Zweig

In his masterpiece "The Missing Menorah," Zweig explores, in an epic style, the great journey beyond the treasure of treasures, the flame of the Lord, the missing menorah, or simply, not without awe: "the Menorah." In this wondrous and confusing novel at the same time, Zweig presents us with a testimony from his oral and narrative memory, and with his ability to delve into the depths of the human soul, about the important journey of tracking the menorah stolen by the Vandals during the great looting of Rome. A different kind of journey not recorded in the books of the Torah, although its structural and narrative basics were inspired by its seven-branched menorah, or the flame of the Lord. It is a novel that offers the idea of salvation in a different way. For Zweig, salvation is never found in that lost sacred object, but in the long journey undertaken by man in search of hope in times of terror, fear, and rapid collapses. It is a novel about hope, the hope of man to be saved from his sins and evils, perhaps the dawn of humanity will shine again, far from the spirit of destruction and killing. Number of pages: 144