Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Ghetto ComediesISBN13:9781513134079ISBN10:1513134078Author:Zangwill, Israel (Author), Editions, Mint (Contribution by)Description:Ghetto Comedies (1907) Is A Collection Of Stories By Israel Zangwill Raised In London By Parents From Latvia And Poland, Zangwill Understood The Plight Of The City's Jewish Community Firsthand Having Risen Through Poverty To Become An Educator And Author, He Dedicated His Career To The Voiceless, The Oppressed, And The Needy, Advocating For Their Rights And Bearing Witness To Their Suffering In Some Of The Most Powerful Novels And Stories Of The Victorian Era People Who Have Been Living In A Ghetto For A Couple Of Centuries, Are Not Able To Step Outside Merely Because The Gates Are Thrown Down, Nor To Efface The Brands On Their Souls By Putting Off The Yellow Badges The Isolation Imposed From Without Will Have Come To Seem The Law Of Their Being As A Jewish Immigrant Who Grew Up In Poverty In London, Israel Zangwill Knows That The Condition Of Life In The Ghetto Changes Not Just Lives, But Mentalities In The Fifth And Final Installment Of His Ghetto Series, Zangwill Imagines The Lives Of Everyday Jewish People A German Painter Searches For A Jewish Model For His Painting Of Jesus Christ; Solomon Cohen, Or S Cohn, Rises To Prominence As A Town Councillor In Sudminster While Suppressing His Jewish Heritage; Bloomah Beckenstein, A Young Jewish Girl, Is Blamed For Spreading Smallpox At Her School In London These Are The Lives That Take Shape In The Author's Skillful Hands, People Whose Experiences With Love, Loss, Doubt, And Faith Are Not So Different From Our Own The Tales Of Jewish Life In Ghetto Comedies Earned Zangwill Comparisons To Dickens Upon Publication And Helped To Establish Him As An Author With A Gift For Intensive Character Study And A Passion For Political Themes With A Beautifully Designed Cover And Professionally Typeset Manuscript, This Edition Of Israel Zangwill's Ghetto Comedies Is A Classic Of British Literature Reimagined For Modern Readers Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:Mint EditionsPublication Date:2021-10-12Weight:0.86 lbsDimensions:0.63'' H x 8'' L x 5'' WNumber of Pages:268Language:English
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Item Weight: 0.86 lbs
Book Title: Ghetto Comedies
Number of Pages: 266 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Mint Editions
Publication Year: 2022
Topic: Short Stories (Single Author), Literary, Jewish
Genre: Fiction
Author: Israel Zangwill
Item Length: 8 in
Book Series: Mint Editions (Jewish Writers: Stories, History and Traditions) Ser.
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Hardcover
