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King of the Jews

A Novel

Leslie Epstein

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English
Other Press LLC
17 February 2004
New in Paperback

This 1979 classic tells the darkly humorous story of I.C. Trumpelman,

a man whose fancy determines the fate of others. Chosen as the head of a Judenrat,

Trumpelman thrives on the power granted him and creates an authoritarian regime of

his own within the ghetto. By turns a con man, charismatic leader and merciless dictator,

Trumpelman reveals himself as an extraordinarily complex protagonist.

Now available

in a new paperback edition from Handsel Books, King of the Jews will continue to

be an extraordinary vision of occupied Poland, and offer stunning insight through

the trappings of history to questions of equal moral complexity today.

""Mature,

brilliantly sustained, thoroughly engrossing.""

-Newsweek

""The best book yet to

be written on the Holocaust. A superb novel.""

-San Francisco Chronicle

""Remarkable.

A lesson in what artistic restraint can do to help us imagine the dark places in

our history.""

-The New York Times Book Review

""Profoundly daring...

Epstein can

summon up life from the bottom of despair.""

-The Boston Globe

""Epstein has done

the impossible. He has shown what the power of art--of his art-can reveal of the

depths of the unspeakable.""

-The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Imprint:   Other Press LLC
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 202mm,  Width: 139mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   312g
ISBN:   9781590510797
ISBN 10:   1590510798
Pages:   352
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Leslie Epstein Leslie Epstein, whose father and uncle, Philip G. and Julius J. Epstein, wrote Arsenic and Old Lace, Casablanca, and many other classics of the golden era of films, is the author of nine previous books of fiction, including King of the Jews and San Remo Drive, both published by Handsel Books/Other Press. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, where for many years he has directed the Creative Writing Program at Boston University.

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