 First edition cover | |
| Author | Michael Chabon |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jacket design by Will Staehle |
| Language | English, some Yiddish |
| Genre | Science fiction, alternative history, detective fiction |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | May 1, 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 414 (first edition, hardcover) |
| Awards | Hugo Award for Best Novel (2008), Nebula Award for Best Novel (2008), Sidewise Award for Alternate History (2007) |
| ISBN | 978-0-00-714982-7 (first edition, hardcover) |
| OCLC | 73140283 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3553.H15 Y54 2007 |
The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon.[1] 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.
- ^ "Uchronia: The Yiddish Policemen's Union". www.uchronia.net.