New Russia
Images from a Journey
I. J. Singer(Author)
Hamilton Books (Publisher)
Book
Paperback/Softback
196 pages
978-0-7618-7283-2 (ISBN)
Description
I. J. Singer was one of the great European novelists of the first half of the twentieth century. In late 1926 he made an extended trip to many cities, towns, and hamlets in the western regions of the young Soviet Union, and he wrote up his reflections for the Yiddish-language newspaper, Forverts, that had sent him. Those reports comprise this volume, now translated in full for the first time. Singer was primarily attuned to the state of affairs of the Jewish population, urban dwellers, farmers, and colonists, but his visions ranged widely over current events and campaigns as well. He examines through his own viewing and through interviews virtually every reflection of life-economic, political, cultural, and the like-in such cities as Moscow, Berdichev, Kiev, Kharkov, and elsewhere; and in numerous colonies on the Ukrainian steppe. He finds much to admire and much to be critical of-as well as much to be extremely wary of.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Publishing group
University Press of America
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-7283-2 (9780761872832)
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Persons
I. J. Singer (1893-1944) was a formidable author of fiction. His novels include: The Brothers Ashkenazi, Steel and Iron, The Family Carnovsky, Yoshe Kalb, and Comrade Nachman. He also penned short stories, memoirs, and travel narratives.
Joshua Fogel is professor of history, York University (Toronto).
Joshua Fogel is professor of history, York University (Toronto).
Content
Translator's Preface: I. J. Singer's Travels in the Soviet Union (1927)
Introduction: A Few Words
Across Borders
Moscow
Minsk
En Route
Moysey Abramitsh
Different Sorts of Jews
Tagantsha
The Old Glazier
A Jew Goes Looking for a Pony
Oxen and Horses
Pigs
Old and New
In a Faraway Corner
In the Collective Arbet
On Hard Soil
In Bobruysk
Kharkiv
Ekaterinoslav
The Black Sea Region
Peoples
?aklai
A Judge
Humanity
Fathers and Sons
Tel-?ai
Mishmar
In a Communist Commune
What Else I Encountered
Alimony
St. Vladimir
On Literature
Kiev
Berdichev
Back at the Border
About the Translator
About the Author
Introduction: A Few Words
Across Borders
Moscow
Minsk
En Route
Moysey Abramitsh
Different Sorts of Jews
Tagantsha
The Old Glazier
A Jew Goes Looking for a Pony
Oxen and Horses
Pigs
Old and New
In a Faraway Corner
In the Collective Arbet
On Hard Soil
In Bobruysk
Kharkiv
Ekaterinoslav
The Black Sea Region
Peoples
?aklai
A Judge
Humanity
Fathers and Sons
Tel-?ai
Mishmar
In a Communist Commune
What Else I Encountered
Alimony
St. Vladimir
On Literature
Kiev
Berdichev
Back at the Border
About the Translator
About the Author