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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790997103321

Autore

Calderon Ruth <1961->

Titolo

A bride for one night : Talmud tales / / Ruth Calderon ; translated by Ilana Kurshan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : The Jewish Publication Society, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8276-1164-1

0-8276-1163-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KurshanIlana

Disciplina

296.1/2

Soggetti

Jewish legends

Rabbinical literature - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The imaginative map -- The fishpond -- Sisters -- The other side -- Beloved rabbi -- Libertina -- Return -- A bride for one night -- Nazir -- Lamp -- The matron -- The goblet -- The knife -- He and his son -- Sorrow in the cave -- Elisha -- The Beruria incident -- Yishmael, my son, bless me.

Sommario/riassunto

Ruth Calderon has recently electrified the Jewish world with her teachings of talmudic texts. In this volume, her first to appear in English, she offers a fascinating window into some of the liveliest and most colorful stories in the Talmud. Calderon rewrites talmudic tales as richly imagined fictions, drawing us into the lives of such characters as the woman who risks her life for a sister suspected of adultery; a humble schoolteacher who rescues his village from drought; and a wife who dresses as a prostitute to seduce her pious husband in their garden. Breathing new life into an ancient



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806183703321

Autore

Maupassant Guy de <1850-1893, >

Titolo

Contes de la bécasse / / Guy de Maupassant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Ligaran, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

2-335-00886-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Disciplina

843.008

Soggetti

French fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Couverture; Page de Copyright; Page de titre; La Bécasse; Ce cochon de Morin; 1; 2; 3; La Folle; Pierrot; Menuet; La Peur; Farce normande; Les Sabots; La Rempailleuse; En mer; Un Normand; Le Testament; Aux champs; Un coq chanta; Un fils; Saint-Antoine; L'aventure de Walter Schnaffs

Sommario/riassunto

Extrait : ""Le vieux baron des Ravots avait été pendant quarante ans le roi des chasseurs de sa province. Mais, depuis cinq à six années, une paralysie des jambes le clouait à son fauteuil ; il ne pouvait plus que tirer des pigeons de la fenêtre de son salon ou du haut de son grand perron. Le reste du temps il lisait.""