Join Professor Anna Elena Torres to explor e and discuss The Glatstein Chronicles by Jacob Glatstein. This s eminal American work from the Yiddish literary canon\, in a restored Engli sh edition\, offers the luminous narrative of the author&rsquo\;s journey home to his Polish birthplace. In 1934\, with World War II on the horizon\ , Jacob Glatstein (1896 &ndash\;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 autobiographic al novellas\, together known as The Glatstein Chronicles\, in which he int ertwines childhood memories with observations of growing anti-Semitism in Europe.
\nRegistration is required. \;After registering\, you will be contacted by librarian Rachel Garcia and she wi ll provide instructions on how to access a copy of the book in your prefer red format. \;The ebook is always available to read through \;Hoopla. There are limited print c opies of the book available. \;
\nThis program is part of t he library's "Sto ries of Exile" series taking place this fall. This series is the resul t of a grant awarded to Wilmette Public Library and twenty-seven other lib raries around the country by the Yiddish Book Center. The Yiddish Book Cen ter is a nonprofit organization working to recover\, celebrate\, and regen erate Yiddish and modern Jewish literature and culture. \;With this se ries\, the Center hopes to use Yiddish literature as a lens to reflect upo n the experience of exile\, displacement\, and migration shared across cul tures and throughout history.
\nAnna Elena Torres is an Assistant Pr ofessor at the \;University of Chicago where she is a scholar of Compa rative Literature specializing in Jewish Studies. \; Her current work examines how Yiddish literature was informed by mass migration and \;m ovements for human rights beyond the frames of statism and nationalism.
\nFor those who would like to purchase a copy of The Glatstein Chr onicles\, please support our local independent bookstore\, \;The Book Stall \;at 811 Elm St reet in Winnetka.
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