On Long Winter Nights... Memoirs of a Jewish Family in a Galician Township, 1870-1900 |
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| Author:
| Bergner, Hinde |
| Edited and Translated by:
| Cammy, Justin Daniel |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-01969-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2005 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $43.95 |
Book Description:
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In this intimate memoir of a young Jewish woman's adolescence and life in a nineteenth century Eastern European shtetl, Hinde Bergner recalls the gradual impact of modernization on a traditional world as she finds herself caught between her thirst for a European education, true love, and the expectations of her traditional family.
In this intimate memoir of a young Jewish woman's adolescence and life in a nineteenth century Eastern European shtetl, Hinde Bergner recalls the gradual impact of modernization on a traditional world as she finds herself caught between her thirst for a European education, true love, and the expectations of her traditional family.