Aaron Lansky

Outwitting History

The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books

Buch

As a twenty-three-year-old graduate student, Aaron Lanskey set out to save the world's abandoned Yiddish books before it was too late. Today, twenty-five years and one and a half million books later, he has accomplished what has been called the greatest cultural rescue effort in Jewish history. In Outwitting History, Lansky shares his adventures as well as the poignant and often laugh-out-loud stories he heard as he traveled the country collecting books. Introducing us to a dazzling array of writers, he shows us how an almost-lost culture is the bridge between the old world and the future—and how the written word can unite everyone who belie… Mehr

CHF 29.50

Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)

Versandfertig innerhalb 1-3 Werktagen

V113: Lieferbar in ca. 20-45 Arbeitstagen

Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-56512-429-5
EAN: 9781565124295
Produktnummer: 31189868
Verlag: Workman
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 328 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.1 cm x D3.2 cm
Abbildungen: Hardback

Über den Autor

Aaron Lansky is the founder and president of the Yiddish Book Center (www.yiddishbookcenter.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts. The recipient of a MacArthur “genius” fellowship, he has helped fuel the renaissance of Jewish literature in this country. He lives with his family in western Massachusetts.