Pioneers - The First Breach (Hardcover)

When young Zalmen Itzkowitz steps off the train on a dark, dreary day at the close of the nineteenth century, the residents of Miloslavka have no idea what's in store for them. Zalmen is a freethinker who has come to the rural town to earn his living as a tutor. Yet, rather than teach Hebrew, he plans to teach his students the Russian language and other secular subjects. Residents of the town quickly become divided, with some regarding Itzkowitz as the devil's messenger and others supportive of his progressive ideas. Set during the time of the Haskalah, the great Jewish Enlightenment that was sweeping through Europe, Pioneers is a charming tale of one ambivalent young man's attempt to join the movement and a compassionate portrait of one shetl on the brink of transformation.

General

Imprint:	Syracuse University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art
Release date:	May 2017
Authors:	S. Ansky
Translators:	Rose Waldman
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-8156-3504-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-8156-3504-4
Barcode:	9780815635048

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