The Yiddish Policemen's Union

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alternative history novel detective novel mystery novel novel

The Yiddish Policemen's Union is an alternative-history detective novel by Michael Chabon that imagines a Jewish settlement in Alaska and blends noir mystery with themes of identity, exile, and Jewish culture.

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The Yiddish Policemen's Union canonical 3
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alternative history novel ⓘ
detective novel ⓘ
mystery novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Michael Chabon ⓘ
award Hugo Award for Best Novel ⓘ
Locus Award ⓘ
surface form: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Nebula Award for Best Novel ⓘ
Sidewise Award for Alternate History (Best Long Form) ⓘ
surface form: Sidewise Award for Alternate History
basedOn counterfactual history of Jewish resettlement proposals ⓘ
centralTheme Jewish identity ⓘ
cultural survival ⓘ
diaspora ⓘ
exile ⓘ
messianism ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
character Berko Shemets ⓘ
Gelbfisz ⓘ
surface form: Bina Gelbfish

Meyer Landsman NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtist Will Staehle ⓘ
featuresLanguage Yiddish ⓘ
followedBy Telegraph Ave ⓘ
surface form: Telegraph Avenue
genre Jewish literature ⓘ
alternative history ⓘ
crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
noir fiction ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptation in development (various stages) ⓘ
imprint Fourth Estate ⓘ
involves Jewish settlement in Alaska ⓘ
isbn 978-0-00-714982-7 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
narrativeStyle third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor blend of noir and Jewish cultural themes ⓘ
inventive use of Yiddish-inflected English ⓘ
pageCount approximately 400 pages ⓘ
plotElement conspiracy involving a potential Messiah ⓘ
murder investigation ⓘ
precededBy Final Solution ⓘ
surface form: The Final Solution
protagonist Meyer Landsman NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 2007 ⓘ
publisher HarperCollins ⓘ
setIn Alaska ⓘ
Sitka ⓘ
surface form: Sitka, Alaska
setInPeriod early 21st century (alternate timeline) ⓘ
tone noir ⓘ

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Jewish American literature → hasNotableWork → The Yiddish Policemen's Union ⓘ
Hugo Award for Best Novel → notableWinner → The Yiddish Policemen's Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
novel "Telegraph Avenue" by Michael Chabon → precededBy → The Yiddish Policemen's Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon → notableWork → The Yiddish Policemen's Union ⓘ