{"product_id":"my-name-is-stramer","title":"My Name is Stramer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eMikołaj Łoziński\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones\u003cbr\u003ePushkin Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e416 pages, 5-1\/16 x 7-13\/16\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-0\" class=\"slot product-about 9780394536460 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough he returned from America penniless, Nathan Stramer still daydreams of a better life as he struggles to make ends meet back the small Polish town of Tarnów. Raising 6 children with his wife Rywka, he chases hare-brained schemes to make money while she fantasises about a trip to the seaside. Crammed into a 2-room apartment on down-at-heel Goldhammer Street, the family gets by on very little, and everyone has to pitch into Nathan’s latest ventures, including an ill-fated Stramer family café.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the years pass, their children begin to take steps into a changing world. Rudek, the eldest, sets his passions aside for a practical job; Rena embarks on an affair with a married man, and Hesio and Salek become ever more involved with Communism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile Nathan and Rywka try to hold the centre of their raucous family life together, national conflicts begin to escalate in Europe, and sinister forces creep into the Stramers’ world that they don’t yet understand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBursting with humour and pathos, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Name is Stramer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a beautiful, loving evocation of a vanished world. Internationally acclaimed as one of Poland’s foremost writers, Mikołaj Łoziński tells the tragic story of the interwar years through the ordinary triumhs and struggles of a sprawling Polish-Jewish family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note this book has limited availability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eItems ship in 3-5 business days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YIVO Institute for Jewish Research","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48542063788250,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/4587\/3370\/files\/81m147XCvML._SL1500.jpg?v=1788370851","url":"https:\/\/yivo-institute.myshopify.com\/products\/my-name-is-stramer","provider":"YIVO Institute for Jewish Research","version":"1.0","type":"link"}