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The Shtetl Joachim Neugroschel

The Shtetl By Joachim Neugroschel

The Shtetl by Joachim Neugroschel


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Summary

Short novels by Aleichem, Aksenfeld, and Moykher-Sforim, stories by Peretz, Rabbi Nahkman, and Der Nister, religious writings, and Hassidic yarns depict Jewish life in the shtetl from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Reprint.

The Shtetl Summary

The Shtetl: A Creative Anthology of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe by Joachim Neugroschel

This marvellous collection of Yiddish classics, some never before translated into English, offers a full and wonderfully vivid array of shtetl life from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Translated and edited by one of the foremost experts on Yiddish literature and 3-time winner of the PEN translation prize, this unique collection includes not only early religious writings and engaging Hassidic yarns but also colourful stories of latter-day realism, fantasy and satire. '...a lively - and sometimes tragic - history of a vanished civilisation' - Chicago Tribune

The Shtetl Reviews

These stories constitute a lively - and sometimes tragic - history of a vanished civilisation - Chicago Tribune; The initiated and the uninitiated...both will benefit from the selection and quality here. - The New York Times Book Review

About Joachim Neugroschel

Joachim Neugroschel has translated over 150 books from French, German, Italian and Yiddish. He has won numerous awards, including three PEN translation prizes and the translation prize of the French-American Society. In 1996 he was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. He also translated and edited Great Tales of Jewish Fantasy and the Occult, also available from Turnaround.

Additional information

GOR009378310
9780879513801
0879513802
The Shtetl: A Creative Anthology of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe by Joachim Neugroschel
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Overlook Press
19900601
569
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