Identity Theft: The Jew in Imperial Russia and the Case of Avraam Uri Kovner

by Harriet Murav

Identity Theft focuses on the life and writing of Avraam Uri Kovner. As one of the fiery Jewish nihilists of his generation, variously a critic, author, and bank embezzler, Kovner embodies the problem of identity as a series of translations across cultural boundaries. Kovner, who initiated modern Hebrew criticism, published two novels in Russian as well as a weekly column in a widely read Russian newspaper. He forged a bank check and became...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804732906
• ISBN13: 9780804732901
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"