Год выпуска: 2008 Автор: Michael Karpin Издательство: Страниц: 432 ISBN: 9780470173732
Описание
Jewish history from the Middle Ages to the present, told through the captivating story of one family Nearly twenty years ago, a chance meeting with a Backenroth family member spurred journalist Michael Karpin to years of research that spanned the globe and several centuries. In Tightrope, he shares the amazing tale of a family that was in many ways extraordinary and in many others typical of Eastern European Jews. Offering a unique portrait of Jewish life through such pivotal events as the migration from Western to Eastern Europe, the birth of Zionism, and the Holocaust, Tightrope tells an inspiring, compelling, and often surprising tale of faith, courage, loyalty, and resourcefulness through centuries of struggle, heartbreak, and triumph. "Michael Karpin has written a stirring Jewish saga, a rich and wrenching tale. I would praise this book ardently even if it were not the story of my own family." ?Leon Wieseltier "What are authentic ?family values?? Tightrope...
