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The Yiddish Policemen's Union

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  • 2006 first published
  • 427 pages
  • ★ 3.9 (28 ratings)
  • 36 editions
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Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union (2006) is an alternate history novel. The story is set in Alaska and Sitka, in 1948. It features Meyer Landsman, Anthony Diamond and Tlingit. Readers will find themes of alternative history, Homocide, Arab-Israeli War and Holocaust.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.9 out of 5 from 28 ratings, and 90 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 36 editions across 7 languages.

At about 427 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About The Yiddish Policemen's Union

The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon. The novel is a detective story set in an alternative history version of the present day, based on the premise that during World War II, a temporary settlement for Jewish refugees was established in Sitka, Alaska, in 1941, and that the fledgling State of Israel was destroyed in 1948. The novel is set in Sitka, which it depicts as a large, Yiddish-speaking metropolis. The Yiddish Policemen's Union won a number of science fiction awards: the Nebula Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best SF Novel, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History for Best Novel. It was shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel and the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

  • 1948

Characters

  • Meyer Landsman
  • Anthony Diamond
  • Tlingit
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Marilyn Monroe; Orson Welles
  • Berko Shemets
  • Mendel Shpilman
  • Naomi
  • Willie Dick
  • Hertz Shemets

Subjects

  • Literary fiction
  • Hard-boiled fiction
  • Mystery & detective fiction
  • Alternative history
  • Popular American Fiction
  • Fiction - Historical
  • Historical - General
  • Fiction - General
  • Unabridged Audio - Fiction/General
  • Abridged Audio - Fiction/General
  • Jews, Alaska
  • Narcotic addicts, Crimes against
  • Murder, Investigation
  • Mystery fiction
  • Homocide
  • Arab-Israeli War

Quick answers

Who wrote The Yiddish Policemen's Union?

The Yiddish Policemen's Union was written by Michael Chabon and first published in 2006.

What genre is The Yiddish Policemen's Union?

It is usually shelved as Alternate History.

How long is The Yiddish Policemen's Union?

The median edition has 427 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Yiddish Policemen's Union?

Readers who like it often enjoy 11/22/63 and Magdalen Rising.

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