Synopsis
Aharon Finkelmeyer, a jewish poet living in Stalinist Russia, can only get his poems published by presenting them as the oral literature of an obscure minority group he has discovered, a masquerade that brings the KGB to his door
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Review
"Excellent characterization, fluid prose and taut, dramatic pacing lead to a shattering denouement . . . [Roziner] should earn a wide audience with this powerful, poignant tale." --Publishers Weekly
"The narrative tone tends toward the soulful and whimsical in its depiction of this resourceful Jewish personality, who at each stage of his life wrested enjoyment, passionate love, deep friendship, and creative delight from his imposed marginality." --World Literature Today
"This book is one of the best manifestations of the Soviet Jewish intellectual's psyche. All items depicted on these pages are highly tangible, all notions strike the Western reader with a heavy surrealistic Soviet cudgel."
About the Author
Felix Roziner was born in Russia and emigrated to Israel in 1978. In addition to fiction, he has published poetry, screenplays, books on art history, and music criticism.Michael Henry Heim (1943-2012) was a Professor of Slavic Languages, at the University California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He received his doctorate at Harvard in 1971. He is an active and prolific translator, and is fluent in Czech, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian.
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