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Ordinary Jews
Engelsk Paperback
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Engelsk Paperback

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A new translation of a modern Yiddish masterpiece.

Since its original publication in 1935, Ordinary Jews has come to be regarded as one of the masterpieces of Yiddish literature. In his portrayal of the lives of ordinary Polish Jews in a small provincial city at the end of the nineteenth century, Yehoshuah Perle offers a glimpse at a way of life that was already changing by the time of the novel''s publication and would soon be brutally exterminated in the Holocaust. Through the eyes of the novel''s young protagonist, Mendl Shonash, we are introduced to an intricate society of housewives, beggars, tailors, doctors, maidservants, tavern keepers, teachers, gravediggers, rabbinical students, and a whole range of people living close to the bottom of the social scale, as well as the various social hierarchies, shady dealings, pretensions, grotesqueries, and superstitions that color and order their world. Like a star whose light is visible to us light years after its creation, Ordinary Jews provides a glimpse into a particular culture and unique way of life that might otherwise be lost to history.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
358
ISBN-13:
9781438435503
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1438435509
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
1 sep 2011
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
State University of New York Press
Oplagsdato:
1 sep 2011
Forfatter(e):
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