Descent

Informationen zum Autor Among Yiddish prose writers of the early twentieth century, Dovid Bergelson (1884-1952) was a unique modernist voice. Born in Russia, he lived and traveled in Europe and the United States, but he finally moved to Moscow: in a world of conflicting ideologies and political unrest, he threw his lot in with Communism and the Soviet Union. He was executed in a post-World War II Stalinist purge of Jews. Joseph Sherman was a scholar of Yiddish literature. His publications include The Jewish Pope: Myth, Diaspora and Yiddish Literature and Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 333: Writers in Yiddish . Klappentext Bergelson’s 1920 novella describes the complex Jewish life of Russia and Ukraine through the turbulent period leading up to the October Revolution of 1917. Zusammenfassung Bergelson’s 1920 novella describes the complex Jewish life of Russia and Ukraine through the turbulent period leading up to the October Revolution of 1917.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David Bergelson, Dovid Bergelson, Dovid/ Sherman Bergelson
• Collaboration: Joseph Sherman (Traduction)
• Edition: Modern Language Assn Of Amer
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.03.2000
• EAN: 9780873527880
• ISBN: 978-0-87352-788-0
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Thèmes: Texts and Translations; MLA Texts and Translations
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée