The Glatstein Chronicles

by Jacob Glatstein

Book Overview

This seminal American work from the Yiddish literary canon, in a restored English edition, offers the luminous narrative of the author's journey home to his Polish birthplace

In 1934, with World War II on the horizon, writer Jacob Glatstein (1896-1971) traveled from his home in America to his native Poland to visit his dying mother. One of the foremost Yiddish poets of the day, he used his journey as the basis for two highly autobiographical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300095147
• ISBN13: 9780300095142
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"