Publishing History
The book was in the bestseller list in Israel for 19 weeks and quickly went to 3 editions when published in French. In France it received the "Aujourd'hui Award", a journalists' award for top non-fiction political or historical work.
The Invention of the Jewish People was published in English by Verso in October 2009, in Russian in March 2010 (Eksmo), in German in April 2010 (Propyläen Verlag). A Hungarian translation was also published in 2010 by Kairosz Kiadó, and in 2011 a Spanish edition was published by Editorial Akal. In August 2011 the book was published in Polish by Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog.
Read more about this topic: Shlomo Sand, The Invention of The Jewish People
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