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Once, in Golders Green: Short Stories

By: Publication details: United Kingdom; Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd; 2013Description: 144 Pages; HardbackISBN:
  • 9780715644997
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.92
Summary: An insomniac who realises that he cannot escape his heritage. An elderly émigré who still keeps a suitcase by the door. A clockmaker who obsesses over fixing his past. A Jewish community in London trying to find a place for tradition and ceremony in modern life. Rohan Kriwaczeks collection of short stories is engaging, touching and thought-provoking. He deftly addresses the nature of identity and asks what it means to be Jewish or, indeed, to be defined by religion at all in modern Britain.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Adult Fiction 823.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC002168
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Adult Fiction 823.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn For Sale PKLC004328
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An insomniac who realises that he cannot escape his heritage. An elderly émigré who still keeps a suitcase by the door. A clockmaker who obsesses over fixing his past. A Jewish community in London trying to find a place for tradition and ceremony in modern life. Rohan Kriwaczeks collection of short stories is engaging, touching and thought-provoking. He deftly addresses the nature of identity and asks what it means to be Jewish or, indeed, to be defined by religion at all in modern Britain.

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