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Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto

✍ Scribed by Abraham Cahan

Book ID: 110785370
Publisher: Duke Classics
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Weight: 66 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781634215886
ASIN: B005CBD3MY

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✦ Synopsis

This classic account of the dark side of the immigration experience was the first book published by Abraham Cahan, who himself immigrated to the United States from Lithuania in early adulthood. Protagonist Jake Podkovnik is eager to shed all traces of his upbringing and ethnicity and embrace the American dream--but his transformation has negative consequences that ripple further than anyone could have expected.

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