Yosef Haim Brenner: A Life

by Anita Shapira

Based on previously unexploited primary sources, this is the first comprehensive biography of Yosef Haim Brenner, one of the pioneers of Modern Hebrew literature. Born in 1881 to a poor Jewish family in Russia, Brenner published his first story, "A Loaf of Bread," in 1900. After being drafted into the Russian army, he deserted to England and later immigrated to Palestine where he became an eminent writer, critic and cultural icon of the Jewish...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804785279
• ISBN13: 9780804785273
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"