| Pioneers: The First Breach Contributor(s): An-Sky, S. (Author), Waldman, Rose (Translator) |
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ISBN: 081561084X ISBN-13: 9780815610847 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Jewish - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2017005042 |
| Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.1" W x 7.83" (0.56 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When young Zalmen Itzkowitz steps off the train on a dark, dreary day at the close of the nineteenth century, the residents of Miloslavka have no idea what's in store for them. Zalmen is a freethinker who has come to the rural town to earn his living as a tutor. Yet, rather than teach Hebrew, he plans to teach his students the Russian language and other secular subjects. Residents of the town quickly become divided, with some regarding Itzkowitz as the devil's messenger and others supportive of his progressive ideas. Set during the time of the Haskalah, the great Jewish Enlightenment that was sweeping through Europe, Pioneers is a charming tale of one ambivalent young man's attempt to join the movement and a compassionate portrait of one shtetl on the brink of transformation. |