An edition of The Yiddish Policemen's Union (2006)

Die Vereinigung jiddischer Polizisten

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An edition of The Yiddish Policemen's Union (2006)

Die Vereinigung jiddischer Polizisten

  • 3.9 (25 ratings)
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Sechzig Jahre lang haben jüdische Flüchtlinge und ihre Nachkommen den Distrikt Sitka in Alaska aufgebaut und sich eine eigene kleine Welt erschaffen, in der das Leben trotz der klimatischen Widrigkeiten pulsiert. Doch jetzt soll der Distrikt an Alaska zurückfallen und sich die Geschichte wiederholen. Detektiv Meyer Landsman hat aber noch andere Probleme: seine Ehe ist am Ende, er trinkt und steckt auch beruflich in einer Sackgasse. Sein neuer Chef ist seine Exfrau, und in dem billigen Hotel, in dem er wohnt, wurde ein ein ehemaliges Schach-Wunderkind ermordet. Landsman beginnt seine Untersuchungen mit dem Gefühl, dass er dadurch vielleicht noch etwas gutmachen kann. Der Roman ist eine packende Liebesgeschichte und Hommage an die Krimis der 40er-Jahre in einem und lässt das Jiddische wieder lebendig werden.

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Cover of: El sindicato de policía Yiddish
El sindicato de policía Yiddish
2012-06, Debolsillo
paperback in Spanish - Segunda edición en Debolsillo
Cover of: Le club des policiers yiddish
Le club des policiers yiddish
2010-05, 10-18
Paperback in French
Cover of: Le club des policiers Yiddish
Le club des policiers Yiddish
2009, R. Laffont
Paperback in French
Cover of: Associacao Judaica de policia
Associacao Judaica de policia
2009, Companhia das Letras
Paperback in Portuguese
Cover of: The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
2008, Harper Perennial
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
2008, W F Howes
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Die Vereinigung jiddischer Polizisten
Apr 16, 2008, Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH, Kiepenheuer & Witsch
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Il sindacato dei poliziotti yiddish
2007-08, Rizzoli
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
2007, Fourth Estate
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
2007, HarperCollins Publishers
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2007, HarperCollins Publishers
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hardcover
Number of pages
384

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OL28209460M
ISBN 10
3462039725
ISBN 13
9783462039726
OCLC/WorldCat
420828518

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OL119430W

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The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon. The novel is a detective story set in an alternative history version of the present day, based on the premise that during World War II, a temporary settlement for Jewish refugees was established in Sitka, Alaska, in 1941, and that the fledgling State of Israel was destroyed in 1948. The novel is set in Sitka, which it depicts as a large, Yiddish-speaking metropolis.

The Yiddish Policemen's Union won a number of science fiction awards: the Nebula Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best SF Novel, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History for Best Novel. It was shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel and the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel.

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Nine months Landsman's been flopping at the Hotel Zamenhof without any of his fellow residents managing to get themselves murdered.
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