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Product Description <br/>The book that starts in Enlgish and turns to Yiddish: Relive the sometimes tragic, often hilarious adventures of a teenage yeshiva bokher in Imperial Russia, torn between the traditional hopes and dreams of his parents and the brighter allure of the outside world. From his shtetl childhood in Tsarist Russia through his immigration to Canada in 1926, Falk Zolf's heartwarming coming-of-age story truly mirrors the story of the Jewish People as a whole.<br/> Review <br/>"A worthy sequel to the memoirs of Yekheskel Kotik!" --<br/>Dr. Max Weinreich, Director of YIVO Jewish Institute<br /><br />"Falik Zolf's autobiography, On Foreign Soil, will, I believe, gain recognition as a classic of the genre..." --<br/>Saul SIlverman, Ottawa Jewish Bulletin<br/> About the Author <br/>Born in 1898 in present-day Belarus, Falk Zolf lived through war and revolution before immigrating to Canada in 1926. His semi-fictionalized autobiography was first published in the year 1945 under the title "Oyf Fremder Erd". The present edition was translated into English by Martin Green.