For Two Thousand Years: The Classic Novel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781590518762)

Available in English for the first time, Mihail Sebastian's classic 1934 novel delves into the mind of a Jewish student in Romania during the fraught years preceding World War II.

This literary masterpiece revives the ideological debates of the interwar period through the journal of a Romanian Jewish student caught between anti-Semitism and Zionism. Although he endures persistent threats just to attend lectures, he feels disconnected from his Jewish peers and questions whether their activism will be worth the cost. Spending his days walking the streets and his nights drinking and conversing with revolutionaries, zealots, and libertines, he remains isolated, even from the women he loves. From Bucharest to Paris, he strives to make peace with himself in an increasingly hostile world.

For Two Thousand Years echoes Mihail Sebastian's struggles as the rise of fascism ended his career and turned his friends and colleagues against him. Born of the violence of relentless anti-Semitism, his searching, self-derisive work captures a defining moment in history and lights the way for generations to come--a prescient, heart-wrenching chronicle of resilience and despair, resistance and acceptance.

Author: Mihail Sebastian
ISBN-10: 1590518764
ISBN-13: 9781590518762
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2017
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/2017
Foreword 08/26/2017
Publishers Weekly 10/09/2017