| Mazel Contributor(s): Goldstein, Rebecca (Author) |
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ISBN: 0299181243 ISBN-13: 9780299181246 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: Mazel means luck in Yiddish, and luck is the guiding force in this magical and mesmerizing novel that spans three generations. Sasha Saunders is the daughter of a Polish rabbi who abandons the shtetl and wins renown as a Yiddish actress in Warsaw and New York. Her daughter Chloe becomes a professor of classics at Columbia. Chloe's daughter Phoebe grows up to become a mathematician who is drawn to traditional Judaism and the sort of domestic life her mother and grandmother rejected. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002022786 |
| Series: Library of American Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.5" W x 8.18" (0.92 lbs) 378 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mazel means luck in Yiddish, and luck is the guiding force in this magical and mesmerizing novel that spans three generations. Sasha Saunders is the daughter of a Polish rabbi who abandons the shtetl and wins renown as a Yiddish actress in Warsaw and New York. Her daughter Chloe becomes a professor of classics at Columbia. Chloe's daughter Phoebe grows up to become a mathematician who is drawn to traditional Judaism and the sort of domestic life her mother and grandmother rejected. |