Set in Russia and New York during the early twentieth century and touching on the hallmarks of the Progressive Era-the Women’s Trade Union League, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911, anarchist and socialist movements, women’s suffrage, anti-Semitism-Elana Dykewomon’s Beyond the Pale is a richly detailed and moving story, offering a glimpse into a world that is often overlooked. As they live through the oppression and tragedies of their time, Chava and Rose grow to become lovers-and search for a community they can truly call their own.
Chava has come to America with the family of her cousin Rose, and the two girls begin working at fourteen. Their story crosses with that of Chava Meyer, a girl who was attended by Gutke at her birth and was later orphaned during the Kishinev pogrom of 1903. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty. Here is an enduring tale of the triumph of love and courage over inhumanity.Winner of the Lambda Literary Award: “A page-turner that brings to life turn-of-the-century New York’s Lower East Side.” -Library Journalīorn in a Russian-Jewish settlement, Gutke Gurvich is a midwife who immigrates to New York’s Lower East Side with her partner, a woman passing as a man. Lesbian author, poet and playwright Elana Dykewomon, photographed at her home in Oakland, Calif., on May 1, 2022, died Aug. She went on to publish eight award-winning books foregrounding lesbian heroism, including her Lambda Award-winning novel, Beyond the Pale, which is still. But at its heart is the most universal story of all: the devotion of one person to another. This is a magnificent and accomplished work that takes us deep inside diverse worlds the Russian pogroms, the immigrant experience, the New York suffrage movement. One extraordinary section of the book deals with the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in which many young women died.
Set in the early 20th century, Beyond the Pale follows the lives of two women who are born in a Russian Jewish settlement (the pale of the title) and immigrate to New Yorks Lower East Side. a work of remarkable importance. Now this underground classic is being released across North America in an updated and redesigned edition. The Village Voice raves, One of the most compelling novels I have ever read. This sweeping, brilliant, richly textured novel has already won the Lambda Literary Award and the Ferro-Grumley Award.
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