A Journey to a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl: The Memoirs of Yekhezkel Kotik

by Yekhezkel Kotik

A masterpiece of modern Yiddish literature, the first volume of memoirs by Yekhezkel Kotik, is now available in English. Originally published in Warsaw in 1913, this beautifully written memoir offers a panoramic description of the author's experiences growing up in Kamieniec Litewski, a Polish shetl connected with many important events in the history of nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewry. Although the way of life portrayed in this memoir has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814328040
• ISBN13: 9780814328040
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.4"