Pioneers: A Tale of Russian-Jewish Life in the 1880s by S. A. An-sky non-media with a prolific portfolio of

with a prolific portfolio of work lauded by visionaries ranging from Elie Wiesel to Harold Bloom

better known as Weegee

inspiring portrait of writer

Hardcover book  2000

Melech Ravitch

Pioneers: A Tale of Russian-Jewish Life in the 1880s by S. A. An-sky non-media with a prolific portfolio ofTranslated by Michael R. Katz S. A. An sky's novel dramatizes the dilemmas of Jewish young people in late Tsarist Russia as they strive to throw off their traditional religious upbringing to adopt a secular and modern identity. The action unfolds in the town of M. in the Pale of Settlement, where an engaging cast of characters wrestles with cultural and social issues. Their exploits culminate in helping a young Jewish woman evade an arranged marriage