num_pages: 624
description: The vanished way of life of Eastern European Jews in the early part of the twentieth century is the subject of this extraordinary novel. All the strata of this complex society were populated by powerfully individual personalities, and the whole community pulsated with life and vitality. The affairs of the patriarchal Meshulam Moskat and the unworldly Asa Heshel Bannet provide the center of the book, but its real focus is the civilization that was destroyed forever in the gas chambers of the Second World War.
language: English
title: The Family Moskat
titlecomplete: The Family Moskat
characters: Meshulam Moskat
genres: Fiction, Polish Literature, Jewish, Literature, Classics, Nobel Prize, Novels, Poland, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 1651
places: Warsaw
awards: awardedAt: -63129600000
name: Premio Bancarella
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux