Mendele Personal Notices & Announcements July 18, 2011
To save wear and tear on the untershames, please comply with these four requests: 1. Send time-sensitive notices well in advance. 2. Send material as plain text: no HTML, other coding, or attachments. 3. Write MENDELE PERSONALS in the subject line. 4. To respond, contact the person who or organization which has posted the notice, *not* with your ever-beleaguered untershames. ____________________________________________________________________ Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:22:47 -0400 From: Mona Hamlin <[email protected]> Subject: First Time in Paperback- Classic Yiddish Stories of S.Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem and I.L. Peretz Coming August 2011- First Time in Paperback- Pre-Order Now Classic Yiddish Stories of S.Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I.L. Peretz Edited by Ken Frieden Translated by Ken Frieden, Ted Gorelick, and Michael Wex Paper $16.95s ISBN#- 978-0-8156-3291-7 "This is a book for every collection-university, synagogue, yeshiva, and public library-and is highly recommended for your personal library."-AJL Newsletter Book Description: Two early works by S.Y. Abramovitsh introduce the reader to Abramovitsh's alter ego Mendele the Book Peddler. Mendele narrates both The Little Man and Fishke the Lame. In different voices, he also presents a diverse cast of characters including Isaac Abraham as tailor's apprentice, choirboy, and corrupt businessman. Reb Alter tells of his matchmaking mishap and Fishke relates his travels through the Ukraine with a caravan of beggars. Sholem Aleichem's Tevye reemerges from new translations of "Hodel" and "Chava" in all of his comic splendor. Notes enable students to follow Tevye's uneven steps through Bible quotations. Four of Sholem Aleichem's other eloquent monologists come back to haunt us in scintillating translations. The selections from Peretz include his finest stories about the hasidim, such as "Kabbalists," "Teachings of the Hasidim," and the ironic tale "The Rebbe's Pipe." A fresh rendering of Peretz's masterpiece "Between Two Mountains" represents the meeting of an inspirational rebbe and an awe-inspiring rabbi. Following the translations are three biographical essays about these giants of modern Yiddish literature. Reviews: "This anthology is an excellent introduction to the richness and diversity of modern Yiddish culture. The translation is an incontestable success." - Jean Baumgarten (CNRS), Revue des tudes juives "Classic Yiddish Stories is a gem. A companion to Ken Frieden's excellent study Classic Yiddish Fiction, it is an independent collection of masterful short stories and novellas." - Benjamin Harsahav, Yale University "No doubt, if one had only one text to introduce readers and students to the Jewish world of prewar Eastern Europe, Frieden's Classic Yiddish Stories is the one." - Michael Taub, Symposium "Showcases to superb effect the short fiction of Yiddish writing's three early masters. Frieden has done an excellent editing job, and the translators deserve applause for their meticulous work. Highly recommended for Jewish studies collections. - Gene Shaw (NYPL), Library Journal "This volume is a useful and worthy introduction to the works of these writers." - Jeremy Dauber (Columbia University), The Jerusalem Post 6 1/8 x 9 1/2, 304 pages, glossary, bibliography To Order This Book or Request an Exam Copy- Call Longleaf Services Inc. at 800-848-6224 Or Email [email protected] Mona Hamlin Syracuse University Press 621 Skytop Road, Suite 110 Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 Phone: 315-443-5547 Email: [email protected] Website: www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu ______________________________________________________________________ Please do not use the "reply" key when writing to Mendele. 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