“Ashkenazia”
| Title | “Ashkenazia” |
| Year for Search | 1980 |
| Authors | Sinclair, Clive [John]] |
| Secondary Title | Encounter |
| Volume / Edition | 55.5 |
| Pagination | 3-8 |
| Date Published | November 1980 |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Satire on culture and politics. Yiddish is the national language of Ashkenazia, but all the authors are desperate to be translated into English, The point-of-view character is one of those authors. Corrupt politics, and the Prime Minister is desperate to conclude a deal with Hitler for Ashkenazia’s uranium deposits. Much of the action takes place at a writers’ conference. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in his Bedbugs (London: Alison & Busby, 1982), 113-22; rpt. (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2005), 113-22. and in his For Good or Evil: Collected Stories (London: Penguin, 1991, 238-248. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (1948-2018) |
| Full Text | 1982 Sinclair, Clive [John] (1948-2018). “Ashkenazia.” Encounter 55.5 (November 1980): 3-8. Rpt. in his Bedbugs (London: Alison & Busby, 1982), 113-22; rpt. (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2005), 113-22. and in his For Good or Evil: Collected Stories (London: Penguin, 1991, 238-248. PSt Satire on culture and politics. Yiddish is the national language of Ashkenazia, but all the authors are desperate to be translated into English, The point-of-view character is one of those authors. Corrupt politics, and the Prime Minister is desperate to conclude a deal with Hitler for Ashkenazia’s uranium deposits. Much of the action takes place at a writers’ conference. |
