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10%OFFSammy Gronemann - Utter Chaos - 9780253019608 - V9780253019608
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Utter Chaos

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Description for Utter Chaos Paperback. Translator(s): Milbouer, Penny. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.

Published in Germany in 1920, Sammy Gronemann's satirical novel set in 1903 at the time of the Sixth Zionist Congress follows the life of a baptized Jew, Heinz Lehnsen, as he negotiates legal entanglements, German culture, religious differences, and Zionist aspirations. A chance encounter with a long-lost cousin from a shtetl in Russia further complicates the plot and challenges the characters' notions of Jewish identity and their belief in the claims of the Zionist movement. Gronemann's humor and compassion slyly expose the foibles and contradictions of human behavior. With deep insight into German society, German-Jewish culture, and antisemitism, Utter Chaos ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
Series
Jewish Literature & Culture
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253019608
SKU
V9780253019608
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About Sammy Gronemann
Sammy Gronemann (1875–1952) was a lawyer, Zionist, and writer in Germany. He coedited a satirical Zionist magazine and served as a translator in Europe during World War I. He was the son of rabbi and an observant Jew, though he attacked many aspects of the ultra-Orthodox movement. He emigrated to Palestine in 1936. His play, The King and the Cobbler, ... Read more

Reviews for Utter Chaos
First published in 1920 and set 17 years earlier, Gronemann's newly translated novel blends satiric humor and an eerie sense of foreboding in relating the efforts of European Jews to assimilate at a wildly contentious and confusing time. . .A free-wheeling Jewish comic novel before its time, this artfully contained commentary on Jewish life in Europe in the early 1900s ... Read more

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