{"product_id":"children-of-a-vanished-world-roman-vishniac-9780520221871","title":"Children of a Vanished World","description":"Between 1935 and 1938 the celebrated photographer Roman Vishniac explored the cities and villages of Eastern Europe, capturing life in the Jewish \u003ci\u003eshtetlekh\u003c\/i\u003e of Poland, Romania, Russia, and Hungary, communities that even then seemed threatened--not by destruction and extermination, which no one foresaw, but by change. Using a hidden camera and under difficult circumstances, Vishniac was able to take over sixteen thousand photographs; most were left with his father in a village in France for the duration of the war. With the publication of \u003ci\u003eChildren of a Vanished World\u003c\/i\u003e, seventy of those photographs are available, thirty-six for the first time. The book is devoted to a subject Vishniac especially loved, and one whose mystery and spontaneity he captured with particular poignancy: children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected and edited by the photographer's daughter, Mara Vishniac Kohn, and translator and coeditor Miriam Hartman Flacks, these images show children playing, children studying, children in the midst of a world that was about to disappear. They capture the daily life of their subjects, at once ordinary and extraordinary. The photographs are accompanied by a selection of nursery rhymes, songs, poems, and chants for children's games in both Yiddish and English translation. Thanks to Vishniac's visual artistry and the editors' choice of traditional Yiddish verses, a part of this wonderful culture can be preserved for future generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarlier books of Roman Vishniac's photographs include \u003ci\u003eTo Give Them Light: The Legacy of Roman Vishniac\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eA Vanished World\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), and \u003ci\u003ePolish Jews\u003c\/i\u003e (1947).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA major exhibition titled \"Children of a Vanished World: Photographs byRoman Vishniac\" is scheduled at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. The show will open to the public on March 7 and run through June 4, 2000.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roman Vishniac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520221877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520221871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 9.23w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/1999 pg. 754\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/1999 pg. 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2000 pg. 99 - Recommended\/Special Interest","brand":"Roman Vishniac","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43919940747519,"sku":"9780520221871","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_03b3c5e9-71fb-4cda-adbb-834bb11d8ee9.jpg?v=1680812751","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/children-of-a-vanished-world-roman-vishniac-9780520221871","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}