Adam Resurrected (novel)

Adam Resurrected (אדם בן כלב) is a 1969 novel by Israeli author Yoram Kaniuk. The Hebrew title literally translates to Adam, Son of a Dog. The novel tells a story of a Holocaust survivor, a Jewish German clown Adam Stein who had to play this role in the Nazi extermination camp, in particular, he had to act as camp commandant's dog.

It was translated into English by Seymour Simckes in 1971.

Plot
The story is set in a psychiatric hospital in Arad, where Adam Stein was placed after the immigration to the Land of Israel.

Adaptations
In 1993, a play was staged in the Gesher Theater directed by Yevgeny Aryeh based on the adaptation of the book into a play by Alexander Chervinsky and translated into Hebrew by Mark Ivanir. The play run in Israel and abroad with success for a long time.

In 2008 a drama film with the same name was released based in the novel.