| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art |
| Contents |
Translator's foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: fact and fiction in Kazimierz Dolny / David Rechter -- The people of Godlbozhits |
| Summary |
First published in 1936, The People of Godlbozhits depicts the ordinary yet deeply complex life of a Jewish community, following the fortunes of one family and its many descendants. Set in a shtetl in Poland between the world wars, Rashkin's satiric novel offers a vivid cross-section not only of the residents' triumphs and struggles but also of their dense and complicated web of humanity. With biting humor and acerbic wit, Rashkin portrays the stratified society--the petty bourgeoisie, artisans, and proletariat--observing the crookedness at every level. The novel's brisk and oftentimes lively Yiddish prose and its colorful and irascible cast of characters give readers a Yiddish Yoknapatawpha in all its tragic absurdity |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Jews -- Poland -- Fiction
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Shtetls -- Poland -- Fiction
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FICTION -- Jewish.
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FICTION -- General.
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Jews
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Shtetls
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| SUBJECT |
Poland -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Poland
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| Genre/Form |
Jewish fiction
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Historical fiction
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Fiction
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History
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Historical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Finkin, Jordan D., 1976- translator.
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Rechter, David, 1958- writer of introduction.
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| LC no. |
2017027955 |
| ISBN |
9780815654186 |
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0815654189 |
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