LEADER 03644nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910814552603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-73468-3 010 $a9786611734688 010 $a0-300-13469-X 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300134698 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473633 035 $a(OCoLC)191746275 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10210194 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000132887 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11953997 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132887 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10061833 035 $a(PQKB)11462038 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000165565 035 $a(DE-B1597)485431 035 $a(OCoLC)1100454697 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300134698 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420311 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10210194 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173468 035 $a(OCoLC)923591989 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420311 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473633 100 $a20060606d2007 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe cross and other Jewish stories /$fLamed Shapiro ; edited and with an introduction by Leah Garrett 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (xxxi, 226 pages) 225 1 $aNew Yiddish library 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-11069-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-221). 327 $aPogrom tales -- The cross -- Pour out thy wrath -- In the dead town -- The kiss -- White challah -- The Jewish regime -- The old world -- Smoke -- Tiger -- Eating days -- The rebbe and the rebbetsin -- The man and his servant -- Between the fields -- Myrtle -- The new world -- At sea -- The chair -- New Yorkish. 330 $aLamed Shapiro (1878-1948) was the author of groundbreaking and controversial short stories, novellas, and essays. Himself a tragic figure, Shapiro led a life marked by frequent ocean crossings, alcoholism, and failed ventures, yet his writings are models of precision, psychological insight, and daring.Shapiro focuses intently on the nature of violence: the mob violence of pogroms committed against Jews; the traumatic aftereffects of rape, murder, and powerlessness; the murderous event that transforms the innocent child into witness and the rabbi's son into agitator. Within a society on the move, Shapiro's refugees from the shtetl and the traditional way of life are in desperate search of food, shelter, love, and things of beauty. Remarkably, and against all odds, they sometimes find what they are looking for. More often than not, the climax of their lives is an experience of ineffable terror.This collection also reveals Lamed Shapiro as an American master. His writings depict the Old World struggling with the New, extremes of human behavior combined with the pursuit of normal happiness. Through the perceptions of a remarkable gallery of men, women, children-of even animals and plants-Shapiro successfully reclaimed the lost world of the shtetl as he negotiated East Broadway and the Bronx, Union Square, and vaudeville.Both in his life and in his unforgettable writings, Lamed Shapiro personifies the struggle of a modern Jewish artist in search of an always elusive home. 410 0$aNew Yiddish library. 676 $a839/.133 700 $aShapiro$b Lamed$f1878-1948.$01701217 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814552603321 996 $aThe cross and other Jewish stories$94084799 997 $aUNINA