Utter chaos
By: Sammy Gronemann ; Translated by Penny Milbouer ; Foreword by Joachim Schlör
Contributors: Milbouer, Penny, translator; Schlör, Joachim, 1960- writer of foreword
Series: Jewish literature and culture; Jewish literature and culture
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780253019608; 9780253019578
Subjects: Jews; Fiction
Work titles: Tohuwobahu
Description: "Published in Germany in 1920, Sammy Gronemann's satirical novel set in 1903 at the time of the Sixth Zionist Congress follows the life of a baptized Jew, Heinz Lehnsen, as he negotiates legal entanglements, German culture, religious differences, and Zionist aspirations. A chance encounter with a long-lost cousin from a shtetl in Russia further complicates the plot and challenges the characters' notions of Jewish identity and their belief in the claims of the Zionist movement. Gronemann's humor and compassion slyly expose the foibles and contraditions of human behavior. With deep insight into German society, German-Jewish culture, and antisemitism, Utter Chaos paints a highly entertaining portrait of German Jews at the beginning of the twentieth century" --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Joachim Schlör; title: Translator's preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Goethe in Borytshev; title: A literary enterprise; title: A pious fund; title: Pastoral care; title: Paradise apples; title: The sounds of Easter; title: The trumpet sounds; title: The minyan man; title: The firstborn; title: Resistance; title: Pogrom; title: The grand festival week; title: Notes and glosses.