The People of Godlbozhits

✍ Scribed by Leyb Rashkin

• Book ID: 112051094
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 715 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780815654186

✦ Synopsis

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.