By the Rivers of Mazovia
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- ISBN 9781734193633
- Weight: 258g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 27 Apr 2023
- Publisher: The Naydus Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Mikhoel Burshtin's novel paints an unforgettable portrait of a community—delicate, tenacious, and vulnerable.
Poland, 1935. Under the shadow of the Nazis' rise to the west, the Jews of Smolin continue to eke out their existence, marked by poverty, family tragedies, class conflict, and anti-Semitism. Their story unrolls from twin spools: Hersh Lustig, the orchard keeper who with Tevye-like vim acts as the beating heart and conscience of the town; and Gabriel Priver, the newly minted doctor who offers an outsider's critical view of his family's hometown. Entropy and modernity vie to erode Smolin's way of life, propelling it toward the inevitable cataclysm.
By the Rivers of Mazovia is the third in a loose trilogy of novels exploring the decline of the Polish shtetl.
Born in Bloyne, part of Mazovia in Poland, Mikhoel Burshtin (1897-1945) ran away from home at thirteen, but subsequently attended high school and earned a teaching certificate. He spent the rest of his life as a school teacher until being confined in the Kovcno Ghetto and then murdered in Dachau.
