Word: asch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ROAD: IN SEARCH OF AMERICA-Nathan Asch-Norton...
...GOES ON-Sholem Asch- Putnam ($3). Laid in post-War Germany, this well translated chronicle of a Jewish family ranges from bankers to Communists, by the author of Three Cities...
MOTTKE THE THIEF-Sholem Asch-Putnam...
With Three Cities Sholem Asch displayed an ability to create a broad social panorama, drew a comprehensive picture of Jewish life in Warsaw and Moscow at the time of the Russian Revolution. Mottke the Thief, excellently translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, reveals a fresh aspect of Sholem Asch's talent, tells a lively, picturesque tale of a Jewish vagabond who bounded among the pillars and posts of pre-War Polish society. Before Mottke was born his jealous mother had thrown a bottle of vitriol on his father, burning the flesh off his face. In return, the father married...
...pleasant-faced Dutchwoman who is the distaff equivalent of the Y. M. C. A.'s Dr. John R. Mott- president of the World Council which supervises the shelter, polite recreation and moral uplift of 1,000,000 women in 50 nations. Jonkvrouwe Cornelia M. van Asch van Wyck, 44, is a member of an ancient Utrecht family which has produced magistrates, deputies, mayors, a provincial president and a founder of the University of Utrecht. She has worked among girls for 25 years. Unsalaried, she presides over committee meetings and staff work in Geneva, travels about the world visiting national...