The Five: A Novel Of Jewish Life In Turn-Of-The-Century Odessa

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Five: A Novel Of Jewish Life In Turn-Of-The-Century OdessaISBN13:9780801489037ISBN10:0801489032Author:Jabotinsky, Vladimir (Author), Katz, Michael R. (Translator), Stanislawski, Michael (Introduction by)Description:The Beginning Of This Tale Of Bygone Days In Odessa Dates To The Dawn Of The Twentieth Century At That Time We Used To Refer To The First Years Of This Period As The 'Springtime, ' Meaning A Social And Political Awakening For My Generation, These Years Also Coincided With Our Own Personal Springtime, In The Sense That We Were All In Our Youthful Twenties And Both Of These Springtimes, As Well As The Image Of Our Carefree Black Sea Capital With Acacias Growing Along Its Steep Banks, Are Interwoven In My Memory With The Story Of One Family In Which There Were Five Children: Marusya, Marko, Lika, Serezha, And Torik --From The Five The Five Is An Captivating Novel Of The Decadent Fin-De-Si?Cle Written By Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880-1940), A Controversial Leader In The Zionist Movement Whose Literary Talents, Until Now, Have Largely Gone Unrecognized By Western Readers The Author Deftly Paints A Picture Of Russia's Decay And Decline--A World Permeated With Sexuality, Mystery, And Intrigue Michael R Katz Has Crafted The First English-Language Translation Of This Important Novel, Which Was Written In Russian In 1935 And Published A Year Later In Paris Under The Title Pyatero The Book Is Jabotinsky's Elegaic Paean To The Odessa Of His Youth, A Place That No Longer Exists It Tells The Story Of An Upper-Middle-Class Jewish Family, The Milgroms, At The Turn Of The Century It Follows Five Siblings As They Change, Mature, And Come To Accept Their Places In A Rapidly Evolving World With Flashes Of Humor, Jabotinsky Captures The Ferment Of The Time As Reflected In Political, Social, Artistic, And Spiritual Developments He Depicts With Nostalgia The Excitement Of Life In Old Odessa And Comments Poignantly On The Failure Of The Dream Of Jewish Assimilation Within The Russian Empire Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Cornell University PressPublication Date:2005-04-13Weight:0.67 lbsDimensions:0.55'' H x 9'' L x 6.82'' WNumber of Pages:224Language:English

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