A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas Contributor(s): Wisse, Ruth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814318495 ISBN-13: 9780814318492 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $27.71 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1986 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - History | Jewish - General - Social Science | Jewish Studies |
Dewey: 839.093 |
LCCN: 86015794 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.28" W x 9.34" (1.09 lbs) 376 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The five short novellas which comprise this anthology were written between 1890 and World War I. All share a common setting--the Eastern European Jewish town or shtetl, and all deal in different ways with a single topic--the Jewish confrontation with modernity. The authors of these novellas are among the greatest masters of Yiddish prose. In their work, today's reader will discover a literary tradition of considerable scope, energy, and variety and will come face to face with an exceptionally memorable cast of characters and with a human community now irrevocably lost. |