Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Algonquin Books (2011), Paperback, 624 pages
Description
When Dr. Jakob Josef Sammelsohn arrives in Vienna in the 1890s, he happens to meet Sigmund Freud, has a series of affairs, is haunted by the ghost of his abandoned wife, and eventually ends up in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940. His Candide-like adventures illuminate a Europe moving between a new scientific age and age-old superstitions and beliefs.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Doey
Mr Skibell thinks his writing is funnier and more profound than it really is. Tedious is the first word that comes to my mind, with contrived being a very close second.
Awards
Townsend Prize for Fiction (Finalist — 2012)
Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature (Choice Award — 2011)
Language
Original publication date
2010
Physical description
624 p.; 8.21 inches
ISBN
1616200839 / 9781616200831