The Book Of Isaac

Drawing Material From The Apocryphal Book Of Esdras, From Fbi Files And Other Historical Sources As Well As From Hourwichs Private And Public Writings, Semmens Produces A Fractured Narrative Running From The Pogroms Of The Late Nineteenth Century Through The Beginnings Of The American Diaspora, To The Revolution And Beyond. Other Characters Whose Words Or Deeds Are Featured Include The Authors Grandmother, Who As A Young Child Was Effectively Orphaned When Her Mother Was Exiled To Siberia, And Who Later Escaped The Russian Civil War By Marrying An English Sailor; And Her Elder Brother Nicholas Hourwich, The First Leader Of The Communist Party Of The United States.