{"product_id":"the-yid-9781250117953","title":"The Yid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA debut novel of daring originality, \u003ci\u003eThe Yid\u003c\/i\u003e guarantees that you will never think of Stalinist Russia, Shakespeare, theater, Yiddish, or history the same way again.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoscow, February 1953. A week before Stalin's death, his final pogrom, \"one that will forever rid the motherland of the vermin,\" is in full swing. Three government goons arrive in the middle of the night to arrest Solomon Shimonovich Levinson, an actor from the defunct State Jewish Theater. But Levinson, though an old man, is a veteran of past wars, and his shocking response to the intruders sets in motion a series of events both zany and deadly as he proceeds to assemble a ragtag group to help him enact a mad-brilliant plot: the assassination of a tyrant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the setting is Soviet Russia, the backdrop is Shakespeare, with Stalin in the role of mad king. As hilarious as it is moving, as philosophical as it is violent, with echoes of \u003ci\u003eInglourious Basterds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeven Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yid\u003c\/i\u003e is a tragicomic masterpiece of historical fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250117953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Paul Goldberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43643994079413,"sku":"9781250117953","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d1c955b6-627c-47ba-947a-16277f6c6a8d.jpg?v=1708445661","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-yid-9781250117953","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}