Stories of Exile - The Glatstein Chronicles by Jacob Glatstein

This seminal American work from the Yiddish literary canon, in a restored English edition, offers the luminous narrative of the author’s journey home to his Polish birthplace. In 1934, with World War II on the horizon, Jacob Glatstein (1896-1971) traveled from his home in America to his native Poland to visit his dying mother. One of the foremost Yiddish poets of the day, he used his journey as the basis for two autobiographical novellas, together known as The Glatstein Chronicles, in which he intertwines childhood memories with observations of growing anti-Semitism in Europe.

The discussion will focus mainly on book one, Homeward Bound, of this collection.

Discussion Leader: Donna Rosenblum from LI Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center.

Registration opens Monday, November 13 at 9 a.m. Register online at www.eastmeadow.info or by calling 516-794-2570, option 3.

The Yiddish Book Center’s “Stories of Exile” Reading Groups for Public Libraries is made possible by a gift from Sharon Karmazin.