Odessa by Charles King
Here a dream of cosmopolitan freedom inspired geniuses and innovators, from Alexander Pushkin and Isaac Babel to Zionist activist Vladimir Jabotinsky and immunologist Ilya Mechnikov. Yet here too was death on a staggering scale: not only the insidious plagues common to seaports but also the mass murder of Jews carried out by the Romanian occupation during World War I. Drawing on a wealth of original source material, Odessa is an elegy for the vibrant, multicultural tapestry of which a thriving Jewish population formed an essential part, as well as a celebration of the survival of Odessa's dream in a diaspora reaching all the way to Brighton Beach.
"King skillfully separates myth from fact…His writing is aesthetic without superficiality, and erudite without pretension. Reading [his] book is like traveling as your best self, the self that you never quite are, ready with every reference, worldly and wise." -- Timothy Snyder - Wilson Quarterly
"[A] finely written and evocative portrait.…A worthy tribute to one of Europe’s greatest and least-known cities." -- The Economist
"Eloquent and engaging." -- Michael Schwirtz - Moment
"Engaging and highly enjoyable…King brings a travel writer’s gift for clear prose and keen observation to history." -- Matthew Kaminsky - The Daily Beast
"Rich and riveting, complex and compelling, powerful and poetic." -- Peter M. Gionatti - Newsday
"[A] finely written and evocative portrait.…A worthy tribute to one of Europe’s greatest and least-known cities." -- The Economist
"Eloquent and engaging." -- Michael Schwirtz - Moment
"Engaging and highly enjoyable…King brings a travel writer’s gift for clear prose and keen observation to history." -- Matthew Kaminsky - The Daily Beast
"Rich and riveting, complex and compelling, powerful and poetic." -- Peter M. Gionatti - Newsday
Charles King is a professor of international affairs and government at Georgetown University. A frequent media commentator on global issues, he is the author of Gods of the Upper Air, Odessa, Midnight in the Pera Palace, and other books. He lives in Washington, DC.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393342369 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393342360 |
| Title | Odessa |
| Author | Charles King |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2012-09-14 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Winner of National Jewish Book Award 2011 |
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