{"product_id":"jewish-budapest-monuments-rites-history-9789639116375","title":"Jewish Budapest: Monuments  Rites  History","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a painting by Chagall unfolds layer upon layer when viewed carefully  so does the city in Jewish Budapest. Neither a guidebook or a history in the traditional sense  this book is about the Jewish face of Budapest from medieval times to the present. To get the broadest possible perspective  this book is not only about the Hungarian capital as a Jewish city but  as befits a cosmopolitan metropolis  delves into its myriad elements. There was and is  as Jewish Budapest strikingly reveals  a Roman and a Greek  Catholic Budapest  a Lutheran and a Calvinist Budapest  a German  a Serbian and a Gypsy Budapest. All these are brought into play as backdrop to the main narrative about the history of Jews in Buda  Obuda  and Pest. Past and present Jewish life as an organic part of the life of the Hungarian capital Budapest  be it memory or living reality. Richly illustrated with wonderfully evocative literary line drawings and photos  the book includes a lavish  full-colour section of artwork that enhances the text. Here is a book at once personal and universal. It is about everyday Jewish life  the humor  the pathos  the human condition  which is the same or very similar anywhere in the Diaspora. Every image and incident  every happening is filtered through the strong sensibilities of the key citizens of the city throughout the past few centuries. Remarkable citizens personified by the likes of Theodor Herzl and Joseph Pulitzer. The city is itself the central character of this book. The authors write only about those parts where there is a story to tell. They talk about places where history is still visible  where it can be located  where its traces still exist  where it can be tasted  savoured  and where it surrounds us as part of life in Budapest today. Jewish Budapest amasses huge amounts of lore about the city  its monuments and relics  its language and scholarship  its cultural heart  and its intellectual core. Jewish Budapest proceeds according to the chronological sequence of the birth of the Jewish quarters in the city  focusing on patterns of settlement and occupation  and demography  and unfolds finally into a vision of the future of Jewish life in this remarkably vibrant  venerable city. The book includes a section of detailed comments on the illustrations with an explanation of the abbreviations throughout as well as a bibliography  an index of personal names  an index of cities and towns  and an index of Budapest street addresses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648127950901,"sku":"ByrdShop_9639116378","price":93.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9789639116375.jpg?v=1781710297","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/jewish-budapest-monuments-rites-history-9789639116375","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}