Odessa
Subtitle: genius and death in a city of dreams
By: Charles King
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780393070842
Description: Describes the vibrant Black Sea port city of Odessa and the thriving Jewish population that included Alexander Pushkin, Isaac Babel, and Zionist activist Vladimir Jabotinsky, and examines the mass murders of the Romanian occupation during World War II.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. City of dreams; title: The sinister shore; title: Potemkin and the mercenaries; title: Beacon; title: The governor and the poet; title: "There is nothing national about Odessa"; title: pt. 2. The habitations of cruelty; title: Schemes and shadows; title: Blood and vengeance; title: New world; title: The fields of Transnistria; title: "I would like to bring to your attention to the following"; title: pt. 3. Nostalgia and remembrance; title: Hero city; title: Twilight; title: Chronology.