The House of Twenty Thousand Books

by Sasha Abramsky

Book Overview

Named one of Kirkus 's Best Nonfiction Books of 2015 The House of Twenty Thousand Books is the story of Chimen Abramsky, an extraordinary polymath and bibliophile who amassed a vast collection of socialist literature and Jewish history. For more than fifty years Chimen and his wife, Miriam, hosted epic gatherings in their house of books that brought together many of the age's greatest thinkers. The atheist son of one of the century's most important...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590178882
• ISBN13: 9781590178881
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"