Outwitting History: How a Young Man Rescued a Million Books and Saved a Vanishing Civilisation - Couverture rigide

Lansky, Aaron

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 028563724X ISBN 13 : 9780285637245

Editeur : Souvenir Press Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

The greatest cultural rescue effort in Jewish history. Twenty-five years ago it was believed that fewer than 70,000 Yiddish-language books existed. So far, 1.5 million have been saved.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1980, an entire body of Jewish literature - the physical remnant of Yiddish culture - was on the verge of extinction. Precious volumes that had survived Hitler and Stalin were being passed down from older generations of Jewish immigrants to their non-Yiddish speaking children only to be discarded or destroyed. A twenty-three-year-old student named Aaron Lansky set out to rescue the world's abandoned Yiddish books before it was too late. When Lansky started out, experts believed that fewer than 70,000 Yiddish language books still existed, he has now saved over 1.5 million books. As he takes us along on his groundbreaking journey, Lansky explores the roots of the Yiddish language and introduces us to the brilliant Yiddish writers - from Mendele to Sholem Aleichem to Issac Bashevis Singer - whose lasting cultural relevance is evident on every page.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Souvenir Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 028563724X
• ISBN 13: 9780285637245
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 326
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible