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Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin: A Memoir - Couverture rigide

Draitser, Emil

 
9780520254466: Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin: A Memoir
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0520254465 ISBN 13 : 9780520254466
Editeur : University of California Press, 2008

Synopsis

Many years after making his way to America from Odessa in Soviet Ukraine, Emil Draitser made a startling discovery: every time he uttered the word 'Jewish' - even in casual conversation - he lowered his voice. This behavior was a natural by-product, he realized, of growing up in the anti-Semitic, post-Holocaust Soviet Union, when 'Shush!' was the most frequent word he heard: 'Don't use your Jewish name in public. Don't speak a word of Yiddish. And don't cry over your murdered relatives'. This compelling memoir conveys the reader back to Draitser's childhood and provides a unique account of midtwentieth-century life in Russia as the young Draitser struggles to reconcile the harsh values of Soviet society with the values of his working-class Jewish family. Lively, evocative, and rich with humor, this unforgettable story ends with the death of Stalin and, through life stories of the author's ancestors, presents a sweeping panorama of two centuries of Jewish history in Russia.

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À propos de l'auteur

Emil Draitser is Professor of Russian at Hunter College of the City University of New York. In addition to his twelve books, his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Partisan Review and the North American Review.

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520254465
ISBN 13 
9780520254466
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
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