The girl from Human Street : ghosts of memory in a Jewish family

Cohen, Roger, author.

Book 2015

An expansive yet intimate memoir of modern Jewish identity, following the diaspora of the author's own family to assay the impact of memory, displacement, and disquiet. The award-winning New York Times columnist and former foreign correspondent turns a compassionate yet discerning eye on the legacy of his own family -- most notably his mother's -- in order to understand more profoundly the nature of modern Jewish experience. Through his emotional...

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ISBN:

9780307594662

Edition:

First edition

Description:

304 pages : portraits ; 23 cm

Notes:

"A Borzoi Book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index

Contents:

Circle of disquiet
Bones in the forest
Gin and two
In the barrel
Château Michel
Picnic in a cemetery
Patient number 9413
Jews in a whisper
Madness in the brain
The lark sings and falls
Death in the Holy Land
The ghosts of repetition
A single chain

LCCN:

2014017900

Control Number:

1158369

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