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Journey Through a Small Planet
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Journey Through a Small Planet
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Emanuel Litvinoff
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Introduction by Patrick Wright
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Series | Penguin Modern Classics |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:256 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Memoirs Nostalgia - general |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780141189307
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Classifications | Dewey:942.15083092 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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Imprint |
Penguin Classics
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Publication Date |
7 August 2008 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In Journey Through a Small Planet (1972), the writer Emanuel Litvinoff recalls his working class Jewish childhood in the East End of London, a small cluster of streets right next to the City, but worlds apart in culture and spirit. With vivid intensity Litvinoff describes the overcrowded tenements of Brick Lane and Whitechapel, the smell of pickled herring and onion bread, the rattle of sewing machines and chatter in Tiddish. He also relates stories of his parents, who fled Russia in 1914, his experiences at school and a brief flirtation with Communism. Unsentimental, vital and almost dreamlike, this is a masterly evocation of a long-vanished world. With a new introduction by Patrick Wright 'Litvinoff has long had an eye for the glowing Whitechapel fragment that lights up a wider history' - Patrick Wright
Author Biography
Emanuel Litvinoff (born 1915) is a British writer and human rights activist, and is one of the most well-known and regarded figures in post-war Anglo-Jewish literature.
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