{"product_id":"the-yid-paperback","title":"The Yid - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA debut novel of daring originality, \u003ci\u003eThe Yid\u003c\/i\u003e guarantees that you will never think of Stalinist Russia, Shakespeare, theater, Yiddish, or history the same way again.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoscow, February 1953. A week before Stalin's death, his final pogrom, \"one that will forever rid the motherland of the vermin,\" is in full swing. Three government goons arrive in the middle of the night to arrest Solomon Shimonovich Levinson, an actor from the defunct State Jewish Theater. But Levinson, though an old man, is a veteran of past wars, and his shocking response to the intruders sets in motion a series of events both zany and deadly as he proceeds to assemble a ragtag group to help him enact a mad-brilliant plot: the assassination of a tyrant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the setting is Soviet Russia, the backdrop is Shakespeare, with Stalin in the role of mad king. As hilarious as it is moving, as philosophical as it is violent, with echoes of \u003ci\u003eInglourious Basterds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeven Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yid\u003c\/i\u003e is a tragicomic masterpiece of historical fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Moscow in 1959 and emigrated to the U.S. at age 14. An award-winning investigative reporter, he is the editor and publisher of The Cancer Letter, a weekly publication focused on the business and politics of cancer. His articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere, and he has been featured on \u003ci\u003e60 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e20\/20\u003c\/i\u003e, CNN and NPR. He is the author of two books on the Soviet human rights movement, \u003ci\u003eThe Final Act\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Thaw Generation\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ludmilla Alexeyeva), and co-author (with Otis Brawley) of a book about the American healthcare system, \u003ci\u003eHow We Do Harm\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Yid\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691770974271,"sku":"9781250117953","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8e7355712928ca94c140b2081951b47d.webp?v=1764993164","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-yid-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}