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Bociany / Chava Rosenfarb.
LIBRA PJ5129.R597 B5813 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenfarb, Chawa, 1923-2011.
- Series:
- Library of modern Jewish literature
- The library of modern Jewish literature
- Standardized Title:
- Boṭshani. 1. ṭeyl. English
- Language:
- English
- Yiddish
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 430 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Sholem Aleichem romanticized shtetl life. Isaac Bashevis Singer eroticized it. In the novel Bociany and its sequel, Of Lodz and Love, Chava Rosenfarb brings a vanished world to vibrant, compelling life. Rosenfarb follows the destinies of characters from the Polish town of Bociany as they grow up, grow old, and leave thc shtetl for the city.
- Notes:
- "Translated from the Yiddish by the Author."
- ISBN:
- 0815605765
- OCLC:
- 40542971
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