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Stranger in a Strange Land
Taking his lead from his subject, Gershom Scholem—the 20th century thinker who cracked open Jewish theology and history with a radical reading of Kabbalah—Prochnik combines …
Stranger In A Strange Land
Gershom Scholem, the great humanist thinker and founder of modern Kabbalah, is all but forgotten today. But here, in a biography as daring and inquisitive as its subject, George …
Impossible Exile
By the 1930s, Stefan Zweig, born to an affluent Jewish family in Vienna, had become the most widely translated living author in the world. His novels, short stories, and …
Putnam Camp
Winner of the 2007 Gradiva AwardAn innovative work of biography that traces the lasting impact of the friendship between Sigmund Freud and pioneering American psychologist James …
The Impossible Exile
By the 1930s, Stefan Zweig, born to an affluent Jewish family in Vienna, had become the most widely translated living author in the world. His novels, short stories, and …
I Dream with Open Eyes
Heinrich Heine
A thematically rich, provocative, and lyrical study of one of Germany's most important, world-famous, and imaginative writers Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was a virtuoso German poet, …
I Dream with Open Eyes: A Memoir
A journey of reckoning and renewal, this story of family history and future dreams is an examination of the individual imagination as a catalyst for social change Whatever the …
Heinrich Heine
A rich, provocative, and lyrical study of one of Germany’s most important, world-famous, and imaginative writers “A concise, fast-paced biography of the German poet, critic, and …
In Pursuit of Silence
A brilliant, far-reaching exploration of the frontiers of noise and silence, and the growing war between them. Between iPods, music-blasting restaurants, earsplitting sports …
The Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World
**Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Biography** Now in paperback, the biography of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, the inspiration behind The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes …