Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Transliteration and Translation ix
4. Maps x
5. Introduction: Dispersion of the Pale 1
6. 1 Haunted by Pogroms 20
7. 2 Salvaged Fragments 74
8. 3 The Edge of the World 123
9. 4 Back in the USSR 168
10. 5 The Soviet Jew as a Trickster 218
11. Epilogue: Returns to the Shtetl 273
12. Notes 285
13. Acknowledgments 329
14. Index 335