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Dramatizes the dilemmas of Jewish young people in late Tsarist Russia as they strive to throw off their traditional religious upbringing to adopt a secular and modern identity. This book reveals the tensions and triumphs of coming of age in a revolutionary time.

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An-sky brilliantly captures a week in the life of young Jewish intellectuals fleeing their tiny villages to find the possibility of personal growth in larger towns where the enlightenment has begun to work its way.

* Jewish Book Council *

Michael R. Katz's translation renders another Russian literary gem into fluid and lively English. . . . The publication of Pioneers in English . . . appears at an auspicious moment, for readers today may be more receptive than ever to narratives that convey the richness, complexity, and diversity of Jewish life in times of dynamic and decisive change.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Note on Translation

List of Principal Characters

Pioneers

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Pioneers

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    A Paperback / softback by S. A. An-sky, Michael R. Katz

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 27 February 2014
      ISBN-13 9780253012128
      978-0253012128
      ISBN-10 0253012120

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Dramatizes the dilemmas of Jewish young people in late Tsarist Russia as they strive to throw off their traditional religious upbringing to adopt a secular and modern identity. This book reveals the tensions and triumphs of coming of age in a revolutionary time.

      Trade Review

      An-sky brilliantly captures a week in the life of young Jewish intellectuals fleeing their tiny villages to find the possibility of personal growth in larger towns where the enlightenment has begun to work its way.

      * Jewish Book Council *

      Michael R. Katz's translation renders another Russian literary gem into fluid and lively English. . . . The publication of Pioneers in English . . . appears at an auspicious moment, for readers today may be more receptive than ever to narratives that convey the richness, complexity, and diversity of Jewish life in times of dynamic and decisive change.

      * Marginalia *

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Note on Translation

      List of Principal Characters

      Pioneers

      Glossary

      Selected Bibliography

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