Overview
First published in 1936, The People of Godlbozhits depicts the ordinary yet deeply complex life of a Jewish community, following the fortunes of one family and its many descendants. Set in a shtetl in Poland between the world wars, Rashkin's satiric novel offers a vivid cross-section not only of the residents' triumphs and struggles but also of their dense and complicated web of humanity. With biting humor and acerbic wit, Rashkin portrays the stratified society-the petty bourgeoisie, artisans, and proletariat-observing the crookedness at every level. The novel's brisk and oftentimes lively Yiddish prose and its colorful and irascible cast of characters give readers a Yiddish Yoknapatawpha in all its tragic absurdity.
- | Author: Leyb Rashkin
- | Publisher: Syracuse University Press
- | Publication Date: Sep 27, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 512 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
- | ISBN-10: 0815610920
- | ISBN-13: 9780815610922
