{"product_id":"bociany-hardcover","title":"Bociany - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChava Rosenfarb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChava Rosenfarb\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSholem Aleichem romanticized shtetl life. Isaac Bashevis Singer eroticized it. ln the novel \u003ci\u003eBociany\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eOf \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLodz and Love, \u003c\/i\u003e Chava Rosenfarb brings a vanished world to vibrant, compelling life. Rosenfarb follows the destinies of characters from the Polish town of Bociany as they grow up, grow old, and leave the shtetl for the city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBociany, \u003c\/i\u003e Rosenfarb offers completely absorbing portrayals of Jews and Christians from several walks of life in the shtetL Her primary characters are the scribe's widow Hindele, her son Yacov, the chalk vendor Yossele Abedale, and his daughter Binele. Jewish relations with neighboring Catholics are generally civil, if complicated. Despite living next door to a convent, Hindele finds the nuns' behavior implacably alien. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRosenfarb establishes an indelible sense of place, evoking its charm and the shtetl residents' ease with the natural world. Her vivid characters and portrait of the preurban, pre-Holocaust world ring true. Yet even in isolated Bociany, new ideas--socialism, Zionism, Polish nationalism, secularism--begin to challenge the shtetl's traditional agrarian and mercantile economy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChava Rosenfarb\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lodz, Poland. She is a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto as well as of the Auschwitz and\u003cbr\u003eBergen-Belsen concentration camps. She is the recipient of numerous literary prizes. In 1979 she was awarded the Manger Prize--the highest award for Yiddish literature for her trilogy \u003ci\u003eTree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e of Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Der boim fun leib). She now resides in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.29 x 6.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130489540743,"sku":"9780815605768","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b3009edcac655b09c70e39d32911b46d.webp?v=1732611238","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/bociany-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}