Originally published between 1944 and 1953, Poyln (Poland) is one of the treasures of Yiddish literature. Despite its reputation, the book has not been fully translated into English until now. Written by Yehiel Yeshaia Trunk, a prominent Polish Jewish writer, Poyln is a colourful epic, a moving testimony, and an important primary historical source that presents a portrait of Polish Jewry against the backdrop of the Nazi genocide.
The undisputed hero of the story is the national community of Polish Jews. To portray this community, Trunk creates a rich gallery of characters - Hassidic patricians, timber merchants, rich landowners, brilliant Talmudists, Orthodox rabbis, and Hasidic tsadikim. He also depicts ordinary village and small-town Jews, artisans, shopkeepers, workers, and Luftmenschen, all of them members of one extended family. Particularly valuable aspects of Poyln are its examination of different trends in the Hasidic movement and the author's attempt to bridge the gap between his secular generation and its religious ancestors. In short, Trunk's work aims to show Jewishness as a way of life.
This is the first instalment of a multi-volume edition of Poyln, the first English translation to be published. Here begins a story of the beauty and pathos of the world of Polish Jewry, a world that was almost totally destroyed by the Nazis.
Authors
Piotr J. Wrabel, Yehiel Yeshaia Trunk, Piotr J. Wróbel, Robert M. Shapiro, Anna Clarke
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- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 839/.18309
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- e-pl---
- ISBN
- 9781442684713 9780802093301
- LCCN
- PJ5129.T77
- LCCN Item number
- P6513 2007eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text ([xiv], 167 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00222094 (OCoLC)753328651 (CaOOCEL)424313
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Editor’s Preface 8
- Introduction 10
- Map of Poland 14
- Family Tree 15
- Prologue 18
- Chapter One 20
- Chapter Two 25
- Chapter Three 35
- Chapter Four 42
- Chapter Five 45
- Chapter Six 55
- Chapter Seven 59
- Chapter Eight 78
- Chapter Nine 83
- Chapter Ten 87
- Chapter Eleven 92
- Chapter Twelve 107
- Chapter Thirteen 112
- Chapter Fourteen 115
- Chapter Fifteen 118
- Chapter Sixteen 124
- Chapter Seventeen 129
- Chapter Eighteen 132
- Chapter Nineteen 142
- Chapter Twenty 151
- Chapter Twenty-one 161
- Chapter Twenty-two 168
- Chapter Twenty-three 177
