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The River Midnight / Lilian Nattel.

Summary:

A novel on a Jewish community in 19th century Poland. It is centered on four women--one is barren, another gives birth to a child out of wedlock, a third emigrates to America, a fourth has a son arrested for revolutionary activity. A first novel.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0684853043
  • ISBN: 9780684853048
  • ISBN: 0684853035
  • ISBN: 9780684853031
  • Physical Description: 414 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, [1999]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Angels and Demons 13 -- Part 1 Women -- 1 Mushroom Soup 23 -- 2 Mud and Pearls 61 -- 3 Miracle Cloaks 108 -- 4 A Plague of Frogs 143 -- Part 2 Men -- 5 Golden Eggs 185 -- 6 Watercarrier 221 -- 7 Dancing Bear 260 -- 8 A Gift of Fire 294 -- Part 3 Misha -- 9 Secret River 333.
Subject: Jewish families > Fiction.
Jews > Poland > Fiction.
Familles juives > Pologne > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Juifs > Pologne > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Jewish women > Poland > Fiction.
Village communities > Poland > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Poland > Fiction.
Jewish way of life > Fiction.
Jewish families > Poland > Fiction.
Poland > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Jewish fiction.

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