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Book Title: The Impossible Jew: Identity And The Reconstruction Of Jewis...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Benjamin Schreier
Publication Name: Impossible Jew : Identity and the Reconstruction of Jewish American Literary History
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: NY University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
