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  • THE LETTERS OF MENAKHEM-MENDL AND SHEYNE-SHEYNDL AND MOTL, THE CANTOR'S SON
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    THE LETTERS OF MENAKHEM-MENDL AND SHEYNE-SHEYNDL AND MOTL, THE CANTOR'S SON
    SHOLEM ALEICHEM
    This volume presents an outstanding new translation of two favorite comic novels by the preeminent Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916). The Letters of Menakhem Mendl and Sheyne Sheyndl portrays a tumultuous marriage through letters exchanged between the title character, an itinerant bumbler seeking his fortune in the cities of Russia before departing alone for the New Wo...

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  • THE CROSS
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    THE CROSS
    LAMED SHAPIRO
    The “skilled translators of this admirably edited volume” offer English-speaking readers the chance to savor this Yiddish author’s “tale-telling power” (Harold Bloom). Lamed Shapiro (1878–1948) was the author of groundbreaking and controversial short stories, novellas, and essays. Himself a tragic figure, Shapiro led a life marked by frequent ocean crossings, alcoholism, and fa...

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  • THE LETTERS OF MENAKHEM-MENDL AND SHEYNE-SHEYNDL AND MOTL, THE CANTOR'S SON
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    THE LETTERS OF MENAKHEM-MENDL AND SHEYNE-SHEYNDL AND MOTL, THE CANTOR'S SON
    SHOLEM ALEICHEM
    This volume presents an outstanding new translation of two favorite comic novels by the preeminent Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916). The Letters of Menakhem Mendl and Sheyne Sheyndl portrays a tumultuous marriage through letters exchanged between the title character, an itinerant bumbler seeking his fortune in the cities of Russia before departing alone for the New Wo...

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  • THE CROSS
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    THE CROSS
    LAMED SHAPIRO
    The “skilled translators of this admirably edited volume” offer English-speaking readers the chance to savor this Yiddish author’s “tale-telling power” (Harold Bloom). Lamed Shapiro (1878–1948) was the author of groundbreaking and controversial short stories, novellas, and essays. Himself a tragic figure, Shapiro led a life marked by frequent ocean crossings, alcoholism, and fa...

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  • THE DYBBUK
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    THE DYBBUK
    S. ANSKY
    “An altogether excellent anthology, this volume offers a superior introduction to the brilliant, brooding works of a Yiddish master” (Publishers Weekly). This volume presents The Dybbuk, S. Ansky’s well-known drama of mystical passion and demonic possession, along with little-known works of his autobiographical and fantastical prose fiction and an excerpt from his four-volume c...

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  • EVERYDAY JEWS
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    EVERYDAY JEWS
    YEHOSHUE PERLE
    “Hailed as a modern Yiddish masterpiece . . . Explor[es] the harsh reality of life for a poor family in a provincial Polish town around the year 1900” (The Huffington Post).   When Everyday Jews was first published in Poland in 1935, the Jewish Left was scandalized by the sex scenes, and I. B. Singer complained that the novel was too bleak to be psychologically credible. Yet wi...

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  • THE DYBBUK
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    THE DYBBUK
    S. ANSKY
    “An altogether excellent anthology, this volume offers a superior introduction to the brilliant, brooding works of a Yiddish master” (Publishers Weekly). This volume presents The Dybbuk, S. Ansky’s well-known drama of mystical passion and demonic possession, along with little-known works of his autobiographical and fantastical prose fiction and an excerpt from his four-volume c...

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  • THE END OF EVERYTHING
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    THE END OF EVERYTHING
    DAVID BERGELSON
    In this powerful novel set in Tsarist Russia, a young Jewish woman forced into a marriage of convenience descends into emotional turmoil. Originally published in 1913, and titled When All Is Said and Done in previous translations, The End of Everything is one of the great novels of the twentieth century. Considered David Bergelson’s masterpiece, it was written in Yiddish and un...

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  • THE ZELMENYANERS
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    THE ZELMENYANERS
    MOYSHE KULBAK
    A “masterpiece” of a comic novel following four generations of a Jewish family in Minsk torn asunder by the new Soviet reality (Forward). This is the first complete English-language translation of a classic of Yiddish literature, one of the great comic novels of the twentieth century. The Zelmenyaners describes the travails of a Jewish family in Minsk that is torn asunder by th...

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  • THE I. L. PERETZ READER
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    THE I. L. PERETZ READER
    I. L. PERETZ
    These short works from a master of Jewish literature offer “a brilliantly evocative tribute to a bygone era” (Publishers Weekly). Isaac Leybush Peretz is one of the most influential figures of modern Jewish culture. Born in Poland and dedicated to Yiddish culture, he recognized that Jews needed to adapt to their times while preserving their cultural heritage, and his captivatin...

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  • THE ZELMENYANERS
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    THE ZELMENYANERS
    MOYSHE KULBAK
    A “masterpiece” of a comic novel following four generations of a Jewish family in Minsk torn asunder by the new Soviet reality (Forward). This is the first complete English-language translation of a classic of Yiddish literature, one of the great comic novels of the twentieth century. The Zelmenyaners describes the travails of a Jewish family in Minsk that is torn asunder by th...

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  • THE GLATSTEIN CHRONICLES
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    THE GLATSTEIN CHRONICLES
    JACOB GLATSTEIN
    In 1934, with World War II on the horizon, writer Jacob Glatstein (1896–1971) traveled from his home in America to his native Poland to visit his dying mother. One of the foremost Yiddish poets of the day, he used his journey as the basis for two highly autobiographical novellas (translated as The Glatstein Chronicles) in which he intertwines childhood memories with observation...

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  • THE GLATSTEIN CHRONICLES
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    THE GLATSTEIN CHRONICLES
    JACOB GLATSTEIN
    In 1934, with World War II on the horizon, writer Jacob Glatstein (1896–1971) traveled from his home in America to his native Poland to visit his dying mother. One of the foremost Yiddish poets of the day, he used his journey as the basis for two highly autobiographical novellas (translated as The Glatstein Chronicles) in which he intertwines childhood memories with observation...

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  • THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ITZIK
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    THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ITZIK
    ITZIK MANGER
    In the years between 1929 and 1939, when Itzik Manger wrote most of the poetry and fiction that made him famous, his name among Yiddish readers was a household word. Called the Shelley of Yiddish, he was characterized as being “drunk with talent.” This book—the first full-length anthology of Manger’s work—displays the full range of his genius in poetry, fiction, and criticism. ...

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  • THE END OF EVERYTHING
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    THE END OF EVERYTHING
    DAVID BERGELSON
    In this powerful novel set in Tsarist Russia, a young Jewish woman forced into a marriage of convenience descends into emotional turmoil. Originally published in 1913, and titled When All Is Said and Done in previous translations, The End of Everything is one of the great novels of the twentieth century. Considered David Bergelson’s masterpiece, it was written in Yiddish and un...

    $229.00

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  • THE I. L. PERETZ READER
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    THE I. L. PERETZ READER
    I. L. PERETZ
    These short works from a master of Jewish literature offer “a brilliantly evocative tribute to a bygone era” (Publishers Weekly). Isaac Leybush Peretz is one of the most influential figures of modern Jewish culture. Born in Poland and dedicated to Yiddish culture, he recognized that Jews needed to adapt to their times while preserving their cultural heritage, and his captivatin...

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  • THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ITZIK
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    THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ITZIK
    ITZIK MANGER
    In the years between 1929 and 1939, when Itzik Manger wrote most of the poetry and fiction that made him famous, his name among Yiddish readers was a household word. Called the Shelley of Yiddish, he was characterized as being “drunk with talent.” This book—the first full-length anthology of Manger’s work—displays the full range of his genius in poetry, fiction, and criticism. ...

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