Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams - Ch. King
Italian merchants, Greek freedom fighters, and Turkish seamen; a Russian empress and her favorite soldier-bureaucrats; Jewish tavern keepers, traders, and journalists―these and many others seeking fortune and adventure rubbed shoulders in Odessa, the greatest port on the Black Sea.
Here a dream of cosmopolitan freedom inspired geniuses and innovators, from Alexander Pushkin and Isaac Babel to Zionist activist Vladimir Jabotinsky and immunologist Ilya Mechnikov. Yet here too was death on a staggering scale: not only the insidious plagues common to seaports but also the mass murder of Jews carried out by the Romanian occupation during World War II. Drawing on a wealth of original source material, Odessa is an elegy for the vibrant, multicultural tapestry of which a thriving Jewish population formed an essential part, as well as a celebration of the survival of Odessa's dream in a diaspora reaching all the way to Brighton Beach.
Includes 25 black-and-white illustrations
Voor de inhoud: zie de foto's 2 en 3.
Auteur | : Charles King |
Artikelnummer | : BF7231 |
Categorie(ën) | : Geschiedenis / Engelstalige boeken |
Taal | : Engels |
ISBN | : 9780393070842 |
Uitgever | : W.W. Norton & Comp. |
Druk | : 1 |
Jaar | : 2011 |
Pagina's | : 336 |
Bindwijze | : Hardcover, met stofomslag |
Conditie | : Goed; lichte verkleuring van de omslag |
Afmetingen | : 16 x 24 x 3 cm. |
Verzending | : Pakketpost |
INCLUSIEF VERZENDKOSTEN binnen Nederland
