Name: Wolfy and the Strudelbakers

Author: Zvi Jagendorf
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 An enchanting blend of humour and crisp observation in a story of Jewish exiles in Britain. Set in wartime and post-war England Wolfy and the Strudelbakers is a comic take on the disaster zone of displacement and exile. Wolfy lives with the 'strudelbakers'--his super-critical aunt and melancholy uncle--in the surrealistic world of refugees granted shelter from persecution. He is an expert at living in two cultures--the chaotic, dark world of uprooted people desperately hanging on to their Jewish religion--and the vitality, variety and temptation he finds in London's streets.

"A most impressive novel full of narrative power and unforgettable description."--Jewish Chronicle

"The delight is in the comic detail, even when the matter is serious."--The Times

Zvi Jagendorf teaches English and Theatre Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.


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