The Shadows of Berlin: The Berlin Stories of Dovid Bergelson
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Shadows of Berlin: The Berlin Stories of Dovid Bergelson
By (Author) Dovid Bergelson
Translated by Joachim Neugroschel
City Lights Books
City Lights Books
1st August 2005
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
General and world history
Second World War
Modern warfare
839.133
Physical Properties
Paperback
120
Width 127mm, Height 185mm, Spine 10mm
127g
Description
Shadows of Berlin is, in part, a bleak chronicle of life in Europe growing ever more hostile at the edge of World War II, part mythic parable, Bergelson's stories - passionate, honest, dark, and often hilarious - hint at the possibility of redemption even as they suggest a horror just around the corner. Dovid Bergelson (1884-1952) is considered to be one of the best Soviet Yiddish writers of the twentieth century. He was executed in 1952, as part of Stalin's purge of Soviet Yiddish culture.
Author Bio
Dovid Bergelson, one of the most renowned and influential writers of the 1900s, was born in Ocrimovo, Ukraine, in 1884. In 1952, at the age of 68, after four years of prison, he died a victim of Stalin's police. His work as a writer and literary man spans a period of approximately thirty years.
