{"product_id":"pioneers-a-tale-of-russian-jewish-life-in-the-1880s-paperback","title":"Pioneers: A Tale of Russian-Jewish Life in the 1880s - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. A. An-Sky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eS. An-Ski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael R. Katz\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eS. A. An-sky's novel dramatizes the dilemmas of Jewish young people in late Tsarist Russia as they strive to throw off their traditional religious upbringing to adopt a secular and modern identity. The action unfolds in the town of M. in the Pale of Settlement, where an engaging cast of characters wrestles with cultural and social issues. Their exploits culminate in helping a young Jewish woman evade an arranged marriage and a young Russian woman leave home so she can pursue her studies at a European university. This startling novel reveals the tensions and triumphs of coming of age in a revolutionary time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eS. A. An-sky, pseudonym of Shloyme-Zanvl Rapoport (1863-1920), was a Russian Jewish writer, ethnographer, and cultural and political activist. He is best known today for his play \u003ci\u003eThe Dybbuk\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael R. Katz is C. V. Starr Professor Emeritus of Russian and East European Studies at Middlebury College. He is author of \u003ci\u003eDreams and the Unconscious in Nineteenth-Century Russian Fiction \u003c\/i\u003eand is translator of a dozen Russian novels, including works by Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017250717835,"sku":"9780253012128","price":50.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/byBPDu8i3d9780253012128.webp?v=1779159029","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/pioneers-a-tale-of-russian-jewish-life-in-the-1880s-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}