Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child Book Reviews
Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child by Mike Mitchell Book Summary
Janko Vygoda’s parents spend their time drinking themselves to an early grave at the village inn; their farm is mortgaged to the hilt to the three local moneylenders, a Pole, an Armenian and a Jew. Janko swears he will keep his inheritance intact, will not sell one square inch of his land.
The man he holds responsible for his misfortune is the Jewish innkeeper, Leib Weihnachtskuchen, who also arranges loans for the local peasants. By chance, he discovers the Jew is not the bloodsucking monster he imagined and the impoverished innkeeper becomes his only friend in the village. Gradually the Christian Janko falls in love with the Jew’s daughter, Miriam. He swears another oath: ‘one bed or one grave.’
The only chance Leib and his wife have of providing for their daughter is to marry her to an old Jew, the owner of the local sawmill. The wheels of tragedy are set in motion.
Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child is a story of obsessive passion set in Podolia, now part of the Ukraine but in the nineteenth century a backward, multi-racial corner of Europe where the Russian and Habsburg empires met.
“This is the most beautifully written translation of a nineteenth century novel from Austria. It is about pride, poor people, arranged marriages and religion. When a marriage must be arranged for a young yet poor Jewish girl who is already loved by a poor Catholic farmer the scene is set for tragedy in this tiny Ukranian village. It is the closest I have come to Thomas Hardy's Tess in anything else I have ever read, and a really moving read.”
THE AUTHOR: Karl Emil Franzos, an important figure in the literary life of Vienna and Berlin in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, was well-known for his stories and novels set among the mixed nationalities of Eastern Europe.
THE TRANSLATOR: Michael Mitchell, winner of the 1998 Schlegel-Tieck Prize, is a distinguished literary translator, with a special interest in Austrian culture. Other translations include: Meyrink, The Golem; Kubin, The Other Side; Grimmelshausen, The Adventures of Simplicissimus.
Book Name | Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child |
Genre | Fiction & Literature |
Author | Mike Mitchell |
Published | 08 September 2011, Thursday |
Language | English |
E-Book Size | 262.18 KB |
Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child (Mike Mitchell) Book Reviews 2024
We transfer money over €4 billion every month. We enable individual and business accounts to save 4 million Euros on bank transfer fees. Want to send free money abroad or transfer money abroad for free? Free international money transfer!
Did you know that you can earn 25 USD from our site just by registering? Get $25 for free by joining Payoneer!
Download Link | Book Format |
leib-weihnachtskuchen-and-his-child-ebook.pdf | |
leib-weihnachtskuchen-and-his-child-ebook.epub | EPUB |
leib-weihnachtskuchen-and-his-child-ebook.kindle | KINDLE |
Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child E-book (PDF, PUB, KINDLE) Download
Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child ebook leib-weihnachtskuchen-and-his-child (262.18 KB) download new links will be update!
Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child Similar Books
Book Name | Score | Reviews | Price |
A Job From Hell | 4/5 | 3,997 | Free |
Private | 4/5 | 15,335 | $9.99 |
The Picture of Dorian Gray | 4.5/5 | 2,970 | Free |
The Jungle Book | 4/5 | 1,953 | Free |
Pride and Prejudice | 4.5/5 | 28,065 | Free |
Enhance sleep, vision, cognition, flexibility, energy, long-range health and more. Performance Lab CORE Formulas support all aspects of human performance, across all walks of life. Boosts work performance and productivity with nootropics for focus, multitasking under stress, creative problem-solving and more.
Book Name | Score | Reviews | Price |
The Golem | 0/5 | 0 | $11.99 |
Tumult | 0/5 | 0 | $24.99 |
The Trial | 0/5 | 0 | $8.99 |
Hope for Struggling Churches | 0/5 | 0 | $6.99 |
Silver Pebbles | 0/5 | 0 | $9.99 |
Summary of Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child by Mike Mitchell
The Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child book written by Mike Mitchell was published on 08 September 2011, Thursday in the Fiction & Literature category. A total of 36 readers of the book gave the book 0 points out of 5.
Book Name | Author | Price |
The Amish Cowboy | Adina Senft | Free |
Where Grace Appears | Heidi Chiavaroli | Free |
The Haunting of Sunshine House | Dominika Best | Free |
The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Free |
The Land That Time Forgot | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Free |
Coinbase is the world's most trusted place to buy and sell cryptocurrency. Open an account today, and if you buy or sell $100 or more of crypto, you'll receive $10 worth of free Bitcoin!
Book Name | Author | Price |
We Must Not Think of Ourselves | Lauren Grodstein | $14.99 |
The Rumor | Elin Hilderbrand | $9.99 |
Apples Never Fall | Liane Moriarty | $2.99 |
Wellness | Nathan Hill | $14.99 |
Magic Hour | Kristin Hannah | $8.99 |
Jasper is the generative AI platform for business that helps your team create content tailored for your brand 10X faster, wherever you work online.
Please wait! Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child book comments loading...
Mike Mitchell - Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child Discussions & Comments
Have you read this book yet? What do you think about Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child by Mike Mitchell book? Ask the bookpedia.co community a question about Leib Weihnachtskuchen and his Child!