{"product_id":"the-jew-of-new-york-9780375700972","title":"The Jew of New York","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 1825, a New York politician and amateur playwright possessed of a utopian vision, summoned all the lost tribes of Israel to an island near Buffalo in the hope of establishing a Jewish state. His failed plan is the starting point for this brilliantly imagined epic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA disgraced kosher slaughterer, an importer of religious articles and women's hosiery, a pilgrim peddling soil from the Holy Land, a latter-day Kabbalist, a man with plans to carbonate Lake Erie--these are just some of the characters who move through Katchor's universe, their lives interwoven in a common struggle to settle into the New World even as it erupts into a financial frenzy that could as easily leave them bankrupt as carry them into the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Katchor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.19w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375700972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/04\/2001 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2001 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBEN KATCHOR is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jew of New York\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJulius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer.\u003c\/i\u003e A 2000 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, he lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43637770190963,"sku":"9.78038E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7db4c130-59f3-4ad8-b93b-1662d79f2dcb.jpg?v=1755602251","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-jew-of-new-york-9780375700972","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}