xxix, 221 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 22 cm.
Summary
Trochenbrod was the only freestanding, fully realized Jewish town in history. It began with a few settlers searching for freedom from the Russian czars' oppressive policies, but over the next 130 years, Trochenbrod grew from a little row of houses to a bustling marketplace. In 1942, Trochenbrod vanished. Her residents slaughtered, her homes and factories razed to the ground. Yet the Nazis could not destroy the spirit of Trochenbrod, which has lived on in stories and legends about a little piece of heaven hidden deep in the forest.
Preface: Next year in Trochenbrod / Jonathan Safran Foer -- Introduction: The back story -- The first hundred years -- Between the wars -- Dusk -- Darkness -- Epilogue: The story continues -- Witnesses remember -- Glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms.