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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.
- Michael Chabon
- 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. As a result, Sitka—now a thriving, Yiddish-speaking metropolitan area—is the center of the ...
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Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policeman’s Union is a noir detective novel that takes place in an alternative history setting. The novel’s protagonist, Meyer Landsman, is a detective who. has ...
May 1, 2007 · For sixty years they have been left alone, neglected and half-forgotten in a backwater of history. Now the District is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end: once again the tides of history threaten to sweep them up and carry them off into the unknown. But homicide detective Meyer Landsman of the District Police ...
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections: This detailed literature summary also contains Quotes and a Free Quiz on The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. The following version of this book was ...
By 1962, the United States is divided into three countries, one neutral, one pro-Japan, and one pro-Germany. The premise of this alternate history novel, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, is that a ...
May 13, 2007 · The fanciful Sitka of “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” plays the delicate, infinitely complex game of fiction fairly: this place is so vividly imagined you practically need a parka and a ...
