{"product_id":"the-family-mashber-paperback-by-der-nister","title":"The Family Mashber Paperback by Der Nister","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eNYRB Classics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2008-05-20)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e704\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781590172797\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e725.76\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.99 x 5.37 x 1.49\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eFirst time in Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Family Mashber\u003c\/i\u003e is a protean work: a tale of a divided family and divided souls, a panoramic picture of an Eastern European town, a social satire, a kabbalistic allegory, an innovative fusion of modernist art and traditional storytelling, a tale of weird humor and mounting tragic power, embellished with a host of uncanny and fantastical figures drawn from daily life and the depths of the unconscious. Above all, the book is an account of a world in crisis (in Hebrew, mashber means crisis), torn between the competing claims of family, community, business, politics, the individual conscience, and an elusive God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          At the center of the book are three brothers: the businessman Moshe, at the height of his fortunes as the story begins, but whose luck takes a permanent turn for the worse; the religious seeker Luzi, who, for all his otherworldliness, finds himself ever more caught up in worldly affairs; and the idiot-savant Alter, whose reclusive existence is tortured by fear and sexual desire. The novel is also haunted by the enigmatic figure of Sruli Gol, a drunk, a profaner of sacred things, an outcast, who nonetheless finds his way through every door and may well hold the key to the brothers’ destinies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDer Nister (1884–1950) was the pen name used by Pinhas Kahanovitch, a Yiddish writer,  philosopher, translator, critic, and key figure in modernist literature in Kiev in  the 1920s. In 1921, in the wake of the Russian Revolution, Der Nister left Russia  and settled in Germany, where he published two collections of stories. In 1927, he  returned to the Soviet Union, where his work was declared reactionary by the Soviet  regime and its literary critics. He was arrested in 1949 and died in a Soviet prison  hospital in 1950.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeonard Wolf is a much-published writer of poetry, fiction, social  history, and biography, and a leading translator of Yiddish literature. He lives  in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Malouf is a novelist and poet. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Great World\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Commonwealth Prize and \u003ci\u003eRemembering Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the  Booker Prize. He has received the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Los Angeles  Times Book Award. He lives in Sydney, Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45394937446561,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781590172797","price":24.65,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781590172797.jpg?v=1763575954","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-family-mashber-paperback-by-der-nister","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}