The girl from Human Street : ghosts of memory in a Jewish family
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Status
Edmondson Pike - Adult Non-Fiction
940.5318 C6787g
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940.5318 C6787g
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Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction
940.5318 C6787g
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940.5318 C6787g
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
304 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Award-winning New York Times columnist Roger Cohen turns a compassionate yet discerning eye on the legacy of his own forebears. As he follows them across continents and decades, mapping individual lives that diverge and intertwine, vital patterns of struggle and resilience, valued heritage and evolving loyalties (religious, ethnic, national), converge into a resonant portrait of cultural identity in the modern age. Beginning in the nineteenth century and continuing through to the present day, Cohen tracks his family's story of repeated upheaval, from Lithuania to South Africa, and then to England, the United States, and Israel. It is a tale of otherness marked by overt and latent anti-Semitism, but also otherness as a sense of inheritance. We see Cohen's family members grow roots in each adopted homeland even as they struggle to overcome the loss of what is left behind and to adapt. At the heart of The Girl from Human Street is the powerful and touching relationship between Cohen and his mother, that "girl." Tortured by the upheavals in her life yet stoic in her struggle, she embodies her son's complex inheritance.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cohen, R. (2015). The girl from Human Street: ghosts of memory in a Jewish family (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cohen, Roger. 2015. The Girl From Human Street: Ghosts of Memory in a Jewish Family. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cohen, Roger. The Girl From Human Street: Ghosts of Memory in a Jewish Family Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cohen, Roger. The Girl From Human Street: Ghosts of Memory in a Jewish Family First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
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