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Shining And Shadow: An Anthology of Early Yiddish Stories from the Lower East Side
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Hardcover. An anthology of Yiddish short fiction of the Lower East Side, the center of a vibrant Jewish (largely Russian Jewish) life. It presents both the past and present of a population forced by poverty and pogrom to leave its homeland, resettle in America, and adopts its ideals (and hopes) as well as its difficult urban realities. Editor(s): Waldinger, Albert. Num Pages: 327 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Shining and Shadow is a translated anthology of Yiddish short fiction of the Lower East Side, the center of a vibrant Jewish (largely Russian Jewish) life. Waldinger's goal is to present both the past and present of a population forced by poverty and pogrom to leave its homeland, resettle in America, and adopt its ideals (and hopes) as well as its difficult urban realities, all while wrestling with the desire to preserve its cultural identity and system of beliefs and expectations.
Shining and Shadow is a translated anthology of Yiddish short fiction of the Lower East Side, the center of a vibrant Jewish (largely Russian Jewish) life. Waldinger's goal is to present both the past and present of a population forced by poverty and pogrom to leave its homeland, resettle in America, and adopt its ideals (and hopes) as well as its difficult urban realities, all while wrestling with the desire to preserve its cultural identity and system of beliefs and expectations.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
327
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781575911076
SKU
V9781575911076
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Ref
99-15
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