The Lehman Trilogy
A Novel
New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 708 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm
A "novel in verse that inspired the ... West End and Off-Broadway play of the same name, [this book] follows the epic rise and fall of three generations of [the Lehman] family and through them tells the story of American ambition and hubris"--Publisher marketing.
Contents:
Book one. Three Brothers: Luftmensch! ; Gefilte fish ; Chametz ; Schmuck! ; Shammash ; Süsser ; Bulbe ; Hanukkah ; Shpan dem loshek! ; Siva ; Kish Kish ; Sugarland ; Libe in New York ; Kiddushin ; Schmaltz ; A glaz biker ; Yom Kippur ; Hasele ; Shvarts zup ; Der boykhreder -- Book two. Fathers and Sons: The black hole ; Der banker bruder ; Henry's boys ; Oklahoma ; Familie-Lehmann ; Der terbyalant David ; Studebaker ; Tsu fil rash! ; Stock exchange ; Shavuot ; Bar Mitzvah ; United Railways ; Wall Street ; Der kartyozhnik ; Der stille Pakt ; Eine Schule für Sigmund ; Looking for Eva ; Tsvantsinger ; Olympic games ; Golden Philip ; Shiva ; Horses ; Pineapple juice ; Babes in Toyland ; Model T ; Battlefield ; A lot of words -- Book three. Immortal: Czar Lehman ; The Arthur method ; NOT ; One William Street ; Roaring Twenties ; Peloponnesus ; A flying acrobat ; Business in Soho ; The fall ; Ruth ; Yitzchak ; The universal flood ; Noach ; King Kong ; Melancholy song ; Einstein or the genius ; Golyat ; Technicolor ; Shiva ; Enemies within ; Yonah ; Saturday game show ; Migdol Bavel ; I have a dream ; Egel haZahav ; Twist ; Squash.
Subjects:
Lehman Brothers -- Fiction.
Brothers -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.
Capitalism -- Fiction.
Stockbrokers -- Fiction.
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Lehman Brothers -- Fiction.
Brothers -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.
Capitalism -- Fiction.
Stockbrokers -- Fiction.
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780062940445
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Massini | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
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"Originally published as Qualcose sui Lehman in Italy in 2016 by Mondadori."--Title page verso.
Translated from the Italian.
Translated from the Italian.