03779oam 22006014a 450 991081417390332120210112154927.00-8156-5088-4(CKB)3240000000064798(EBL)4649068(SSID)ssj0000713498(PQKBManifestationID)11424982(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713498(PQKBWorkID)10658224(PQKB)10555598(OCoLC)830023779(MdBmJHUP)muse674(MiAaPQ)EBC4649068(EXLCZ)99324000000006479820120814e20122011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClassic Yiddish Stories of S. Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I. L. Peretz /edited by Ken Frieden ; translated by Ken Frieden, Ted Gorelick, and Michael Wex1st paperback ed.Syracuse, N.Y. Syracuse University Press20111 online resource (306 p.)Judaic traditions in literature, music, and artDescription based upon print version of record.0-8156-3291-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-286).Abramovitsh : The liitle man -- Fishke the lame ; Aleichem : Hodel -- Chava -- Holiday dainties ; Advice ; Joseph ; A business with a greenhorn ; Peretz : Shtrayml -- Kabbalists -- Teachings of the Hasidim -- The rebbe's pipe -- If not higher -- Between two mountains."Two novellas by S. Y. Abramovitsh open this collection of the best short works by three influential nineteenth-century Jewish authors, Abramovitsh's alter ego - Mendele the Book Peddler - introduces himself and narrates both The Little Man and Fishke the Lame. His cast of characters includes Isaac Abraham as tailor's apprentice, choirboy, and corrupt businessman; Mendele's friend Wine 'n' Candles Alter; and Fishke, who travels through the Ukraine with a caravan of beggars." "Sholem Aleichem's lively stories reintroduce us to Tevye, the gregarious dairyman, as he describes the pleasures of raising his independent-minded daughters. These are followed by short monologues in which Aleichem gives voice to unforgettable characters from Eastern Europe to the Lower East Side. Finally, I. L. Peretz's neo-hasidic tales draw on hasidic tradition in the service of modern literature." "These stories provide an unsentimental look back at Jewish life in Eastern Europe. Although nostalgia occasionally colors their prose, the writers were social critics who understood the shortcomings of shtetl life. For the general reader, these translations breathe new life into the extraordinary worlds of Yiddish literature. The introduction, glossary and biographical essays contemporaneous to each author put those worlds into context, making the book indispensable to students and scholars of Yiddish culture."--BOOK JACKET.Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art.JewsSocial life and customsFictionShort stories, YiddishTranslations into EnglishJewsSocial life and customsShort stories, Yiddish839.13010803Peretz Isaac Leib1851 or 1852-1915.842606Sholem Aleichem1859-1916.612128Mendele Mokher Sefarim1835-1917.1681102Wex Michael1954-1681103Gorelick Ted1681104Frieden Ken1955-1614061MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910814173903321Classic Yiddish Stories of S. Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I. L. Peretz4050305UNINA