Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky

Outwitting History by Aaron Lansky

Incredible . . . Inspiring . . . Important. --Library Journal, starred review

A marvelous yarn, loaded with near-calamitous adventures and characters as memorable as Singer creations. --The New York Post

What began as a quixotic journey was also a picaresque romp, a detective story, a profound history lesson, and a poignant evocation of a bygone world. --The Boston Globe

Every now and again a book with near-universal appeal comes along: Outwitting History is just such a book. --The Sunday Oregonian

As a twenty-three-year-old graduate student, Aaron Lansky set out to save the world's abandoned Yiddish books before it was too late. Today, more than a million books later, he has accomplished what has been called the greatest cultural rescue effort in Jewish history. In Outwitting History, Lansky shares his adventures as well as the poignant and often laugh-out-loud stories he heard as he traveled the country collecting books. Introducing us to a dazzling array of writers, he shows us how an almost-lost culture is the bridge between the old world and the future--and how the written word can unite everyone who believes in the power of great literature.

A Library Journal Best Book
A Massachusetts Book Award Winner in Nonfiction
An ALA Notable Book

Lansky, Aaron: - Aaron Lansky is the founder and president of the Yiddish Book Center (www.yiddishbookcenter.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts. The recipient of a MacArthur genius fellowship, he has helped fuel the renaissance of Jewish literature in this country. He lives with his family in western Massachusetts.

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ISBN 13	9781565125131
ISBN 10	1565125134
Title	Outwitting History
Author	Aaron Lansky
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Algonquin Books
Year published	2005-09-02
Number of pages	328
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