The Jew in Russian Literature, 1991-2006
by N.N. Shneidman

A significant new work by the renowned literary critique and historian N.N.Shneidman of University of Toronto.

He is widely acknowledged as one of the leading experts on Soviet and Russian literature and his publications from 1973 to his most recent work, Russian Literature 1995-2002: On the Threshold of the New Millenium, published by the University of Toronto Press in 2004, are widely and favourably reviewed and very well know. His two other works, Jerusalem of Lithuiania: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Vilnus, 1998 and The Three Tragic Heroes of the Vilnius Ghetto: Witenberg, Sheinbaim, Gens, 2002, both published by Mosaic Press, won the Canadian Jewish Book Award.

“This volume examines contemporary literary texts in which Jewish characters appear, or Jewish issues are discussed, written in the Russian language and published in Russia proper, in the years between 1991 and 2006, by writers currently residing in that country. I investigate how Jews view themselves in the new post-Soviet era, how they are perceived by their Russian neighbours, and how these attitudes have changed with the demise of the Soviet state.” (from the Introduction)

This is an indispensible volume as it provides us with insight into many of the most current literary texts from Russia and explores the major new and old currents now pervading this new Russian literature.

Author: N.N. Shneidman
Category: Literature
ISBN: 0889628815
Pages: 100