Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. one. A Coming-of-Age Chronicle 15
5. two. A Jewish Circle in a Polish City 40
6. three. The Disillusionment of a Polish Jew 74
7. four. “The Nighttime Butterfly” 104
8. five. “The Sword of Damocles” 130
9. six. From a Manor House in the Countryside to Interwar Poland 160
10. seven. The “Road to Total Assimilation” 177
11. Epilogue 194
12. Notes 205
13. Acknowledgments 249
14. Index 253