{"product_id":"a-death-notes-of-a-suicide-paperback","title":"A Death: Notes of a Suicide - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZalman Shneour\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZalman Shneour's inaugural novel: a story of suicide in the form of a diary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a Yiddish take on \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e, a dark love affair develops in an unnamed Eastern European city between the young, impoverished, violently self-loathing teacher, Shloyme--and a hungry, spiteful and unsettlingly sensual revolver. Ostensibly purchased to protect Shloyme from the pogroms sweeping the empire, the weapon instead opens a portal to his innermost demons, and through it he begins his methodical mission to eradicate any remnants of life and humanity in him and pave the way for his self-destruction. \u003ci\u003eA Death\u003c\/i\u003e takes the form of a diary that follows the Jewish calendar. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in Yiddish in 1905 and published with immediate success in Warsaw in 1909, \u003ci\u003eA Death\u003c\/i\u003e utilizes the influences of Dostoyevsky and Schopenhauer to depict a distinctly Jewish experience of uprooted modernity, and presents a lesser-known strand of Jewish decadent literature. This translation of his inaugural novel is Schneour's first appearance in English since 1963. Its exploration of alienation, mental health, toxic masculinity and violence is remarkably contemporary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in Shklow, \u003cb\u003eZalman Shneour\u003c\/b\u003e (1887-1959) was one of the major figures of Jewish modernity, and was the most popular Yiddish writer between the World Wars. He wrote poetry, prose and plays in both Yiddish and Hebrew. Like many of his generation, his life was spent moving from city to city in search of literary community or escaping political turmoil: from Odessa to Warsaw to Vilne, and on to such Western cities as Bern, Geneva, Berlin, Paris, New York (where he died) and Tel Aviv (where he is buried). \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769894797600,"sku":"9781939663450","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dbb56451fc53e6d35c9ce8b48b4ce883.webp?v=1780359155","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-death-notes-of-a-suicide-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}