For Two Thousand Years

For Two Thousand Years by Mikhail Sebastian, 256 pages.

Sebastian's 1934 novel, translated into English from Romanian for the first time, recounts the Jewish narrator's life as a student and worker in Romania as fascism and antisemitism are on the rise.
In the first part of the novel, as a student, the narrator must deal with constant physical threats and assaults from fellow students, as virulent antisemitism holds sway. Later, when working int he oil fields, he reflects on his past and considers his uncomfortable situation, as a Jew, in his home country.