TY  - GEN
T1  - The five : a novel of Jewish life in turn-of-the-century Odessa
A1  - Jabotinsky, Vladimir, 1880-1940
A2  - Katz, Michael R.
LA  - English
LA  - Russian
PP  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
YR  - 2005
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn887802620
AB  - "The beginning of this tale of bygone days in Odessa dates to the dawn of the twentieth century. At that time we used to refer to the first years of this period as the 'springtime,' meaning a social and political awakening. For my generation, these years also coincided with our own personal springtime, in the sense that we were all in our youthful twenties. And both of these springtimes, as well as the image of our carefree Black Sea capital with acacias growing along its steep banks, are interwoven in my memory with the story of one family in which there were five children: Marusya, Marko, Lika, Serezha, and Torik."-from The Five The Five is an captivating novel of the decadent fin-de-siècle written by Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880-1940), a controversial leader in the Zionist movement whose literary talents, until now, have largely gone unrecognized by Western readers. The author deftly paints a picture of Russia's decay and decline-a world permeated with sexuality, mystery, and intrigue. Michael R. Katz has crafted the first English-language translation of this important novel, which was written in Russian in 1935 and published a year later in Paris under the title Pyatero.The book is Jabotinsky's elegaic paean to the Odessa of his youth, a place that no longer exists. It tells the story of an upper-middle-class Jewish family, the Milgroms, at the turn of the century. It follows five siblings as they change, mature, and come to accept their places in a rapidly evolving world. With flashes of humor, Jabotinsky captures the ferment of the time as reflected in political, social, artistic, and spiritual developments. He depicts with nostalgia the excitement of life in old Odessa and comments poignantly on the failure of the dream of Jewish assimilation within the Russian empire.
OP  - 203
CN  - PG3470.Z4 P513 2005eb
SN  - 9780801471636
SN  - 080147163X
SN  - 0801442664
SN  - 9780801442667
SN  - 0801489032
SN  - 9780801489037
KW  - Jews : Ukraine : Odesa : Fiction.
KW  - Odesa (Ukraine) : Social life and customs : 19th century : Fiction.
KW  - Juifs : Ukraine : Odessa : Romans, nouvelles, etc.
KW  - FICTION : General.
KW  - RELIGION : Judaism : History.
KW  - Jews
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Ukraine : Odesa
KW  - Judenbild
KW  - Roman
KW  - Englisch.
KW  - Juden.
KW  - 1800-1899
KW  - Fiction
ER  -