
The Pity of It All
A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933
Amos Elon(Author)
Picador USA (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. December 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
446 pages
978-0-312-42281-3 (ISBN)
Description
Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award
"Brilliant, far-reaching, passionate. . .sweeping and marvelously detailed. . .finely, intimately, movingly drawn. . . a book for the ages."
-The New York Times
In this important work of historical restoration, respected journalist and historian Amos Elon shows how a persecuted clan of cattle dealers and wandering peddlers was transformed into a stunningly successful community of writers, philosophers, scientists, tycoons, and activists.
In engaging, brilliantly etched portraits of Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt, and many others, Elon traces how a small minority came to be perceived as a deadly threat to German national integrity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
368 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-312-42281-3 (9780312422813)
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E-Book
04/2013
Metropolitan Books
€16.49
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Person
Amos Elon