Dear Librarians, Grandfather's Acres By Isaac Metzker Price: $19.95 Hardback * pp * ISBN 965-229-337-7 * Publish Date: 07/2005
Grandfather's Acres is a novel that presents a mixed Jewish and gentile rural community in Eastern Galicia (Ukraine), at the end of the nineteenth century. An Orthodox Jewish family of farmers struggles with the hardships of daily life, tension with their alien neighbors and the changing moods of nationalism and enlightenment that are sweeping through the countryside. Moments of sorrow and those of happiness punctuate the lives of these determined and devoted Jewish farmers, against a backdrop of sometimes frightening political change. The lives and the way of life, portrayed in this novel are told with a deep admiration and love, which serves as a literary testimony to a reality that, 150 years later, went up in flames. Isaac Metzker (1900-1984) emigrated from those very surroundings presented in his novel, to the USA in 1924. He was a teacher in the Workers' Circle and a writer, editor and journalist at the Jewish Daily Forward. He worked tirelessly to spread the Yiddish culture in his new homeland. He was the author of a number of books for young adult readers, historical novels and stories. He was also the editor of two popular volumes titled, "A Bintel Brief." This book is recommended especially for young readers! Send purchase orders for this and other Gefen Publishing House titles: By email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] By fax: 516-295-2739 To place special orders for books of other Israeli publishers send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gefen Publishing House titles can be purchased on the following websites; www.Amazon.com www.barnesandnoble.com www.israelbooks.com To subscribe to this free monthly email newsletter, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Avraham (Andy) Kohlenberg Israbook Special Orders and Marketing Gefen Publishing House Jerusalem / New York www.israelbooks.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 972 2 538 0247 fax: 972 2 538 8423 Hatzvi 6, Jeusalem, 94386 Israel Gefen Books 600 Broadway, Lynbrook, NY, 11563 USA tel: 1 800 477 5257 fax: 516 295 2739 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
