Diamonds
By: Esther Kreitman ; translated from the Yiddish and with an introduction by Heather Valencia
Contributors: Valencia, Heather, Dr
Publisher: David Paul
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780954848200
Subjects: Fiction; Translations into English; Jews in the diamond industry; Jews; Yiddish literature
Work titles: Brilyantn
Description: Set in Antwerp and London, this novel tells the story of the collapsing world of Gedaliah Berman, a rich but unscrupulous Jewish diamond merchant at the time of the First World War. It presents an account of the world of the diamond trade and the human upheaval created by the war in the two countries.
Notes: "First published by W. & G. Foyle in London in 1944 in Yiddish as Brilyantn"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-294).