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| Title: | Jewish Life
: Tales From Nineteenth-Century Europe |
| Author: | Leopold von Sacher-Masoch |
| ISBN: | 1572411147 : 9781572411142 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 140x215mm |
| Pages: | 210 |
| Weight: | .306 Kg. |
| Published: | Ariadne Press - January 2002 |
| List Price: | 14.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Short stories: Jewish studies |
This work, originally published in Mannheim in 1891, is a collection of twenty-six stories illustrating various aspect of Jewish life and culture in Europe prior to the twentieth century. Each story takes place in a different country, ranging from England to Turkey, and develops an isolated topic or theme from Jewish life, such as its holidays, cabalism, the Chasidic movement, fanaticism, secularism, etc., in a sometimes humorous, sometimes dramatic, and often sentimental fashion. While the endings are always happy, the level of historic realism in the stories is high. Jewish Life offers a richly detailed portrait of Jewish customs and culture prior to the deplorably successful attempt to destroy them during the Holocaust.
