A Shtetl and other Yiddish novellas

376 Pages·1986·32.101 MB·English

by  Ruth R. Wisse (ed.)

ISBN 978-0-8143-1849-2
ISBN 10: 0-8143-1849-5
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A SHTETL AND OTHER
YIDDISH NOVELLAS

A SHTETL AND
O T H ER Y I D D I SH
NOVELLAS, Edited, with
introductions and notes, by
RUTH R. WISSE
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS DETROIT
Copyright © 1973,1986 by Ruth R. Wisse. Originally published by Behrman House, Inc.,
New York. All rights are reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal
permission from Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A Shtetl and other Yiddish novellas.
1. Short stories, Yiddish—Translations into English. 2. Short stories, Eng-
lish—Translations from Yiddish. I. Wisse, Ruth R.
PJ5191.E8S54 1986 839'.093'0108 86-15794
ISBN 0-8143-1848-7
ISBN 0-8143-1849-5 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-8143-1849-2
eISBN 978-0-8143-3989-3
For
Masza and Leo Roskies,
my parents

CONTENTS
Preface ix
Introduction
A SHTETL 23
/. M. Weissenberg
AT THE DEPOT 79
David Bergelson
ROMANCE OF A HORSE THIEF 141
Joseph Opatoshu
BEHIND A MASK 213
S. Ansky
OF BYGONE DAYS 249
Mendele Mocher Sforim
Sources 359