A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas Edited by Ruth R. Wisse Discount Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery

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you’ll quickly master the alef-beys and be on your way to reading and speaking Yiddish

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and a keen understanding of Yiddish art and literature

A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas Edited by Ruth R. Wisse Discount Yonah Schimmel Knish BakeryThe five short novellas which comprise this anthology were written between 1890 and World War I. All share a common setting the Eastern European Jewish town or shtetl, and all deal in different ways with a single topic the Jewish confrontation with modernity. The authors of these novellas are among the greatest masters of Yiddish prose. In their work, today's reader will discover a literary tradition of considerable scope, energy, and variety and will