Odessa

Informationen zum Autor Charles King is a professor of international affairs and government at Georgetown University. A frequent media commentator on global issues, he is the author of Gods of the Upper Air, Odessa, Midnight in the Pera Palace, and other books. He lives in Washington, DC. Klappentext In Odessa, the greatest port on the Black Sea, a dream of cosmopolitan freedom inspired geniuses and innovators, from the writers Alexander Pushkin and Isaac Babel to Zionist activist Vladimir Jabotinsky and immunologist Ilya Mechnikov. Yet here too was death on a staggering scale, as World War II brought the mass murder of Jews carried out by the city's Romanian occupiers. Odessa is an elegy for the vibrant, multicultural tapestry of which a thriving Jewish population formed an essential part, as well as a celebration of the survival of Odessa's dream in a diaspora reaching all the way to Brighton Beach. Zusammenfassung Winner of a National Jewish Book Award "Fascinating.…A humane and tragic survey of a great and tragic subject." —Jan Morris, Literary Review

Product details

• Authors: Charles King, Charles (Georgetown University) King
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.09.2012
• EAN: 9780393342369
• ISBN: 978-0-393-34236-9
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 210 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; Ukraine, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Europe / Ukraine