num_pages: 643
description: Twin brothers in early twentieth-century Poland use different means to make their fortunes but face the onrush of industrial revolution, war, and depression, which ulitmately lead them to disaster
language: English
title: The Brothers Ashkenazi
titlecomplete: The Brothers Ashkenazi
characters: Priveh Alter, Ignatz Ashkenazi, Tevyeh, Heinz Huntze, Chaim Alter, Jacob Bunim (Yacob) Ashkenazi, Gertrude Ashkenazi, Dinah Ashkenazi, Simcha Meyer (Max) Ashkenazi, Nissan Noske, Abraham Hirsch Ashkenazi
genres: Fiction, Judaica, Jewish, Literature, Classics, Novels, Poland, Historical Fiction, Judaism, Russia
ratings_count: 1378
places: Lodz, Poland
publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub