Up from Orchard Street: A Novel - Brossura

Widmer, Eleanor

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0553383736 ISBN 13: 9780553383737

Casa editrice: Bantam, 2006

Riassunto

A story of a Russian-Jewish immigrant family living on Orchard Street on New York's Lower East Side follows the lives of three generations of Roths, who live together in a crowded tenement flat, from Manya, the long widowed matriarch and heart of the family, to her adored granddaughter Elka, the narrator who chronicles the colorful characters who move in and out of the family's lives. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"Poignant snapshot of a long-lost era and place.... [this] first novel offers pungent, nostalgic vignettes of Jewish life on Manhattan's Lower East Side."--Kirkus Reviews
From the Hardcover edition.

L'autore:

ELEANOR WIDMER, who lives in La Jolla, California, is a noted restaurant critic in the San Diego area. She has a Ph.D. in English literature, and has also worked in advertising and taught literature and history. This is her first novel.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Bantam
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0553383736
• ISBN 13: 9780553383737
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400