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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 ...
- Michael Chabon
- 2007
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007. Plot Summary. In the alternative-history novel, The Yiddish Policemen's Union (2007), American author Michael Chabon imagines that during World War II, Jewish refugees were settled in Sitka, Alaska and that the State of Israel was destroyed in 1948.
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SHOFAR 33.3 (2015): 86-109. taneously real and imaginary nature of the landscapes it represents. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union also performs this postmodern balancing act as it depicts a gritty, urban landscape that is both familiar and fantastic, in the realm of Sitka, Alaska. In Chabon’s 2007 novel, the complicated nature of space is ...
Complete summary of Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Yiddish Policemen's Union.
May 13, 2007 · By Terrence Rafferty. May 13, 2007. “Don’t get wistful on me,” says a sly old man in Michael Chabon’s sly new novel, his first big serious one since the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize ...
The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Michael Chabon. Fourth Estate, 2007 - Fiction - 414 pages. The brilliantly original new novel from Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning 'The...
Dec 10, 2020 · The Yiddish Policemen's Union. by. Chabon, Michael, 1963-. Publication date. 2007. Topics. Murder -- Fiction -- Investigation, Jews -- Alaska -- Fiction, Drug addicts -- Fiction -- Crimes against, Juifs -- Alaska -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Toxicomanes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. -- Crimes contre, Drug addicts, Jews, Murder, Alaska. Publisher.
