LEADER 03656nam 22006374a 450 001 9910813408503321 005 20231005153959.0 010 $a1-281-72190-5 010 $a9786611721909 010 $a0-300-12863-0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300128635 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471905 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022174721 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000191572 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11171264 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191572 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10184720 035 $a(PQKB)10711645 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000167131 035 $a(DE-B1597)485159 035 $a(OCoLC)1024038006 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300128635 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419976 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170002 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172190 035 $a(OCoLC)923588720 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419976 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471905 100 $a20020118d2002 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe letters of Menakhem-Mendl and Sheyne-Sheyndl $eand, Motl, the cantor's son /$fSholem Aleichem ; translated and with an introduction by Hillel Halkin 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xxix, 325 pages) 225 1 $aNew Yiddish library 300 $aTranslated from the Yiddish. 311 0 $a0-300-09246-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 319-325). 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tThe Letters of Menakhem-Mendl and Sheyne-Sheyndl --$tMotl, the Cantor's Son --$tNotes 330 $aThis volume presents an outstanding new translation of two favorite comic novels by the preeminent Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916). The Letters of Menakhem-Mendl and Sheyne-Sheyndl portrays a tumultuous marriage through letters exchanged between the title character, an itinerant bumbler seeking his fortune in the cities of Russia before departing alone for the New World, and his scolding wife, who becomes increasingly fearful, jealous, and mystified. Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son is the first-person narrative of a mischievous and keenly observant boy who emigrates with his family from Russia to America. The final third of the story takes place in New York, making this Sholem Aleichem's only major work to be set in the United States. Motl and Menakhem-Mendl are in one sense opposites--the one a clear-eyed child and the other a pathetically deluded adult. Yet both are ideal conveyors of the comic disparity of perception on which humor depends. If Motl sees more than do others around him, Menakhem-Mendl has an almost infinite capacity for seeing less. Sholem Aleichem endows each character with an individual comic voice to tell in his own way the story of the collapse of traditional Jewish life in modern industrial society as well as the journey to America, where a new chapter of Jewish history begins. This volume includes a biographical and critical introduction as well as a useful glossary for English-language readers. 410 0$aNew Yiddish library. 517 3 $aLetters of Menakhem-Mendl and Sheyne-Sheyndl ; and, Motl, the cantor's son 676 $a839/.133 700 $aSholem Aleichem$f1859-1916.$0612128 701 $aHalkin$b Hillel$f1939-$01140992 701 2$aSholem Aleichem$f1859-1916.$0612128 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813408503321 996 $aThe letters of Menakhem-Mendl and Sheyne-Sheyndl$93929943 997 $aUNINA