Author: Saul BellowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Great Jewish Short Stories
Author: Saul BellowGreat Jewish Short Stories
Author: Saul BellowPublisher: Laurel
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
In this wonderfully entertaining collection edited by Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow, 28 stories by outstanding Jewish authors capture all the bold color and rich flavor of Jewish culture through the ages. Includes stories by Sholom Aleichem, Isaac Bebel, S.J. Agnon, and others.
The Penguin Book of Jewish Short Stories
Author: Emanuel LitvinoffPublisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Twenty stories by Jewish writers from all over the world, including some of the greatest names in modern literature.These stories, deeply rooted in Jewish life and consciousness, reflect authentic, often funny, often moving images of the Jewish people in the modern world. Many major literary figures are represented here: I. L. Peretz, founder of modern Yiddish writing; S. Y. Agnon, Saul Bellow, and Isaac Bashevis Singer, three Nobel Prize-winners; Isaac Babal, often called the greatest master of the Russian short story since Anton Chekhov; contemporary writers Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick, and Muriel Spark; and many others.
Here I Am
Author: Marsha Lee BerkmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
A premier collection of contemporary Jewish short stories from around the world, "Here I Am" spans six continents and twenty-four countries. Contributors include Cynthia Ozick, Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, Nadine Gordimer, and Allegra Goodman, as well as many authors never before published in English.
The Oxford Book of Hebrew Short Stories
Author: Glenda AbramsonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Glenda Abramson's informative introduction sets the scene for a powerful literary collection, the definitive anthology of a vibrant modern genre.
One-hundred-and-one Jewish Read-aloud Stories
Author: Barbara Diamond GoldmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781579125288
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
A collection of Jewish tales, Bible stories, legends, and real life accounts from Jews from every generation and many lands.
America and I
Author: Joyce AntlerPublisher: Beacon Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
America and I is the first anthology to chronicle the female tradition in 20th century American Jewish literature. Containing 23 short-stories by some of the best short-story practitioners, the book traces the remarkable output of Jewish women writers from 1900 to the present day.
The Cross
Author: Lamed ShapiroPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480440809
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The “skilled translators of this admirably edited volume” offer English-speaking readers the chance to savor this Yiddish author’s “tale-telling power” (Harold Bloom). Lamed Shapiro (1878–1948) was the author of groundbreaking and controversial short stories, novellas, and essays. Himself a tragic figure, Shapiro led a life marked by frequent ocean crossings, alcoholism, and failed ventures, yet his writings are models of precision, psychological insight, and daring. Shapiro focuses intently on the nature of violence: the mob violence of pogroms committed against Jews; the traumatic aftereffects of rape, murder, and powerlessness; the murderous event that transforms the innocent child into witness and the rabbi’s son into agitator. Within a society on the move, Shapiro’s refugees from the shtetl and the traditional way of life are in desperate search of food, shelter, love, and things of beauty. Remarkably, and against all odds, they sometimes find what they are looking for. More often than not, the climax of their lives is an experience of ineffable terror. This collection also reveals Lamed Shapiro as an American master. His writings depict the Old World struggling with the New, extremes of human behavior combined with the pursuit of normal happiness. Through the perceptions of a remarkable gallery of men, women, children—of even animals and plants—Shapiro successfully reclaimed the lost world of the shtetl as he negotiated East Broadway and the Bronx, Union Square, and vaudeville. Both in his life and in his unforgettable writings, Lamed Shapiro personifies the struggle of a modern Jewish artist in search of an always elusive home.
Stars of David
Author: Scott R. BenardePublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584653035
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
A fascinating look into how Judaism has shaped and influenced the makers of rock music over the past fifty years.
Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another
Author: Peninnah SchramPublisher: Jason Aronson, Incorporated
ISBN: 1461629217
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Peninnah Schram, widely regarded as one of the great Jewish storytellers of our generation, has collected and retold sixty-four delightful Jewish folktales to create Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another. Ms. Schram, who believes that stories form "the link between the generations," helps forge that link with this book, ensuring that these stories will continue to live and breathe in the modern world. The life force animating these tales is almost tangible. The printed words seem to vibrate, as if the author possessed the voices of various tellers and lent their lilting tones and ripe inflections to the printed page. Furthermore, the laughter, sobs, and delighted cries of countless listeners also echo in these pages. Schram, who has written a thoughtful, informative introduction for each story, demonstrates on every page her belief that the stories "connect to our lives." And when the lifelike characters woven into Schram's magic tapestry suffer or enjoy the fates they most deserve, we rejoice, secure in their storybook world?a world where justice, however incomprehensible, is always done, and where we attain happiness by living in accordance with Jewish law and in harmony with the world's natural order. Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another abounds in a gentle wisdom that presses itself upon our complex and often self-contradictory lives, infusing us with patience, tolerance, and hope. We identify with the kings and princes, fools and beggars, heroes and leaders, villains and witches of yesteryear because, though our lives are vastly different from theirs, we share their moral choices and experience their dilemmas. Schram joins Jewish storytellers throughout the ages, linking past to present and preserving an invaluable legacy for generations yet unborn.
