Fascinated by the nature of the Jewish identity, Doeblin, the author of "Berlin Alexanderplatz", a non-practising Jew in Berlin in the 1920s, decided to visit Poland to try to discover his Jewish roots. This book is a record of that journey. He describes Polish-Jewish language and tradition, the striking costumes and colourful markets, and the terrible poverty that surrounded everything. The book is both a personal investigation into ancestry and a portrait of a unique society on the eve of its destruction.
| ISBN | 1850433631 | | DEWEY | 914.38044 | | ISBN13 | 9781850433637
(What's this?) | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | | Publisher | I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd | | Pages | 300 | | Imprint | I.B.Tauris | | Published in | London | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 31 Dec 1991 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Translator | J. Neugroschel | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, General |
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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION. Warsaw. The Jewish District of Warsaw. Wilno/Vilnius. Lublin. Lwow/Lemberg. The Petroleum District. Cracow. Zakopane. Lodz. Departure. Map. Bibliography. NOTES FOR THE INTRODUCTION. NOTES FOR THE TEXT.
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