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Pity of It All : A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933 by Amos Elon (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPicador
ISBN-100312422814
ISBN-139780312422813
eBay Product ID (ePID)2392818
Product Key Features
Book TitlePity of It All : a Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
TopicEurope / Germany, Jewish, Jewish Studies
IllustratorYes
FeaturesRevised
GenreSocial Science, History
AuthorAmos Elon
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight13.1 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-067833
Reviews"Brilliant, far-reaching, passionate. . .sweeping and marvelously detailed. . .finely, intimately, movingly drawn. . . a book for the ages." --The New York Times "[Elon] is a master of the telling anecdote. . ..One should be grateful for what Elon has done." --Los Angeles Times "A work packed with beautifully sketched portraits, and constructed with a practiced eye for memorable, well-executed anecdotes." --The New York Times Book Review "Impressive. . .Could hardly be improved upon." --The New York Review of Books "If there is one book Americans should read this winter, it is Amos Elon's The Pity of It All--a meticulous and wrenching history of a people in a place at a moment in time that bears urgently upon our own." --Joan Didion, author of Political Fictions, "Brilliant, far-reaching, passionate. . .sweeping and marvelously detailed. . .finely, intimately, movingly drawn. . . a book for the ages." -- The New York Times "[Elon] is a master of the telling anecdote. . ..One should be grateful for what Elon has done." -- Los Angeles Times "A work packed with beautifully sketched portraits, and constructed with a practiced eye for memorable, well-executed anecdotes." -- The New York Times Book Review "Impressive. . .Could hardly be improved upon." -- The New York Review of Books "If there is one book Americans should read this winter, it is Amos Elon's The Pity of It All-- a meticulous and wrenching history of a people in a place at a moment in time that bears urgently upon our own." --Joan Didion, author of Political Fictions, A work packed with beautifully sketched portraits, and constructed with a practiced eye for memorable, well-executed anecdotes., Brilliant, far-reaching, passionate. . .sweeping and marvelously detailed. . .finely, intimately, movingly drawn. . . a book for the ages., If there is one book Americans should read this winter, it is Amos Elon's The Pity of It All-- a meticulous and wrenching history of a people in a place at a moment in time that bears urgently upon our own., "Brilliant, far-reaching, passionate. . .sweeping and marvelously detailed. . .finely, intimately, movingly drawn. . . a book for the ages." -- The New York Times "[Elon] is a master of the telling anecdote. . ..One should be grateful for what Elon has done." -- Los Angeles Times "A work packed with beautifully sketched portraits, and constructed with a practiced eye for memorable, well-executed anecdotes." -- The New York Times Book Review "Impressive. . .Could hardly be improved upon." -- The New York Review of Books "If there is one book Americans should read this winter, it is Amos Elon's The Pity of It All-- a meticulous and wrenching history of a people in a place at a moment in time that bears urgently upon our own." -- Joan Didion, author of Political Fictions
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal943/.004924
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisIn this important work of historical restoration, Amos Elon shows how a persecuted clan of cattle dealers and wandering peddlers was transformed into a stunningly successful community of writers, philosophers, scientists, tycoons, and activists. In engaging, brilliantly etched portraits of Moses Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt, and many others, Elon traces how a small minority came to be perceived as a deadly threat to German national integrity.
LC Classification NumberDS135.G33 E57 2002
