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
- ISBN10 0879513802
- ISBN13 9780879513801
- Publish Date 1 June 1990 (first published 2 September 1982)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Overlook Press
- Edition Reissue
- Format Paperback
- Pages 569
- Language English