Of Lodz and Love (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780815605775)

In Of Lodz and Love, Chava Rosenfarb revisits her themes of the the shtetl and pre-Holocaust Poland, of economic and political oppression, and of the upheavals that would herald a new Jewish national and political awakening. The story takes Yacov, son of Hindele, and Binele, the daughter of the chalk vendor Yossele Abedale, to the industrial town of Lodz during the first years of Poland's independence, both before and after the country entered the war with the Bolsheviks.

The would-be young lovers evolve separately against the backdrop of the city's own struggle for economic survival. In sometimes tragic turns, they make their way in the strange urban culture, rapidly acquiring the skills to
survive. Translated from the original Yiddish, this book serves as prologue and as counterpoint to the urbanization of Jewish life in Poland. In its elegance and subtle wit, and overwhelming human dignity, it is not only the testimony of a vanished world, but a powerful love story.

Author: Chava Rosenfarb
ISBN-10: 0815605773
ISBN-13: 9780815605775
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2000
Pages: 362
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.29w x 1.01d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/06/1999 pg. 84
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/1999 pg. 1603
Library Journal 02/15/2000 pg. 198