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The Rise of David Levinsky
Acclaimed by literary critic Carl Van Doren as the most important of all immigrant novels, The Rise of David Levinsky takes place amid America's biggest and most diverse Yiddish-speaking community during the early 20th century. David Levinsky, a young Hasidic Jew struggling to master the Talmud, seeks his fortune amid the teeming streets of New York's Lower East Side. All the energy formerly focused on his religious studies now turns in the direction of rising to the top of the business world, where he discovers the high price of assimilation. Author Abraham Cahan founded and edited the Jewish Daily Forward, the world's most widely read Yiddish paper, and his direct experience contributes mightily to the authenticity of this monumental work.
Book Details
- Publisher: Turtleback
- Publish Date: Jan 1st, 2019
- Pages: 384
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00lb
- EAN: 9781663631695
- Categories: • Literary
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What people are saying
Matt Garcia
@mattjgarcia68
2 years
@Dartmouth Author: Eli and the Octopus (Harvard, April 2023) | From the Jaws of Victory (2012) | A World of Its Own (2002)
"…Eli’s life [reads] like one of the great works of American immigrant fiction, reminiscent of Abraham Cahan’s The Rise of David Levinsky." @Harvard_Press @HarvardUPLondon Pre-Order Now! https://t.co/FkhjWEor5k
Praise for this book
"The most important of all immigrant novels"
What people are saying
Matt Garcia
@mattjgarcia68
2 years
@Dartmouth Author: Eli and the Octopus (Harvard, April 2023) | From the Jaws of Victory (2012) | A World of Its Own (2002)
"…Eli’s life [reads] like one of the great works of American immigrant fiction, reminiscent of Abraham Cahan’s The Rise of David Levinsky." @Harvard_Press @HarvardUPLondon Pre-Order Now! https://t.co/FkhjWEor5k