Wolfy and the Strudelbakers

An enchanting blend of humour and crisp observation in a story of Jewish exiles in Britain. Set in wartime and post-war England Wolfy and the Strudelbakers is a comic take on the disaster zone of displacement and exile. Wolfy lives with the ‘strudelbakers’ — his super-critical aunt and melancholy uncle — in the surrealistic world of refugees granted shelter from persecution. He is an expert at living in two cultures — the chaotic, dark world of uprooted people desperately hanging on to their Jewish religion — and the vitality, variety and temptation he finds in London’s streets.

"A most impressive novel full of narrative power and unforgettable description." — Jewish Chronicle

"The delight is in the comic detail, even when the matter is serious." — The Times

Zvi Jagendorf teaches English and Theatre Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

• Author
• Zvi Jagendorf

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 192

• Publisher
• Dewi Lewis Publishing

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781899235384

• Release date
• 2002