| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Translator's foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: fact and fiction in Kazimierz Dolny / David Rechter -- The people of Godlbozhits. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Jews -- Poland -- Fiction.
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Shtetls -- Poland -- Fiction.
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Poland -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction.
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Jews. (OCoLC)fst00983135
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Shtetls. (OCoLC)fst01117886
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Poland. (OCoLC)fst01206891
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FICTION / Jewish.
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FICTION / General.
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| Chronological Term |
1918-1945
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| Genre/Form |
Jewish fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Finkin, Jordan D., 1976- translator.
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Rechter, David, 1958- writer of introduction.
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| Added Title |
Menṭshn fun Godlbozshits. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rashkịn, Leyb, 1903 or 1904-1939. People of Godlbozhits First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2017 9780815635529 (DLC) 2017026007 |
| ISBN |
9780815654186 (electronic bk.) |
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0815654189 (electronic bk.) |
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