Mazel

Mazel
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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 0299181243
ISBN-13 : 9780299181246
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Mazel by : Rebecca Goldstein

Download or read book Mazel written by Rebecca Goldstein and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mazel means luck in Yiddish, and luck is the guiding force in this magical and mesmerizing novel that spans three generations. Sasha Saunders is the daughter of a Polish rabbi who abandons the shtetl and wins renown as a Yiddish actress in Warsaw and New York. Her daughter Chloe becomes a professor of classics at Columbia. Chloe's daughter Phoebe grows up to become a mathematician who is drawn to traditional Judaism and the sort of domestic life her mother and grandmother rejected.


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