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Beschreibung
Moscow, 1943. The Soviet Army has defeated the Nazis at Stalingrad, but continuing to defend the Motherland will require arms, money, and allies around the world. To rally support, Joseph Stalin dispatches a delegation of two Jewish artists, the world-renowned actor (and self-appointed Head Jew of the Soviet Union) Solomon Mikhoels and his Party handler, the middling poet Lieutenant Colonel Itzik Feffer.

From the pyramids of Egypt to the Polo Grounds of New York City, the garrulous Mikhoels entertains crowds with bold and problematic pronouncements, while Feffer reflects on the dimming of his revolutionary spirit and wonders when and how he turned into a timid middle-aged functionary who now spends his days obsessing over the state of his intestinal tract.

In pursuit of their noble cause, Mikhoels and Feffer meet a wealthy lawyer turned artist and his idiot cousin, entreat a tongueless heiress, compare notes with an oversexed Albert Einstein, and share the stage with the great Paul Robeson.

Less than ten years later, they would both be murdered.

Truth and fiction eye each other warily in this true story as told by a fictional author struggling to pen an epic work of historical fiction.
Moscow, 1943. The Soviet Army has defeated the Nazis at Stalingrad, but continuing to defend the Motherland will require arms, money, and allies around the world. To rally support, Joseph Stalin dispatches a delegation of two Jewish artists, the world-renowned actor (and self-appointed Head Jew of the Soviet Union) Solomon Mikhoels and his Party handler, the middling poet Lieutenant Colonel Itzik Feffer.

From the pyramids of Egypt to the Polo Grounds of New York City, the garrulous Mikhoels entertains crowds with bold and problematic pronouncements, while Feffer reflects on the dimming of his revolutionary spirit and wonders when and how he turned into a timid middle-aged functionary who now spends his days obsessing over the state of his intestinal tract.

In pursuit of their noble cause, Mikhoels and Feffer meet a wealthy lawyer turned artist and his idiot cousin, entreat a tongueless heiress, compare notes with an oversexed Albert Einstein, and share the stage with the great Paul Robeson.

Less than ten years later, they would both be murdered.

Truth and fiction eye each other warily in this true story as told by a fictional author struggling to pen an epic work of historical fiction.
Über den Autor
Avner Landes works as a ghostwriter and editor. His first novel is Meiselman: The Lean Years (Tortoise Books), a finalist for the 2021 Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year. He lives in a suburb of Tel Aviv with his wife and two children.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781736344699
ISBN-10: 1736344692
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Landes, Avner
Hersteller: Operation Dodecahedron
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 127 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Avner Landes
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.04.2025
Gewicht: 0,438 kg
Artikel-ID: 132435771

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