"Writing in Tongues" examines the complexities of translating
Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in
decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American
assimilation, the survival of traditional Yiddish literature
depends on translation, yet a few Yiddish classics have been
translated repeatedly while many others have been ignored. Anita
Norich traces historical and aesthetic shifts through versions of
these canonical texts, and she argues that these works and their
translations form an enlightening conversation about Jewish history
and identity.
Anita Norich is professor of English and Judaic studies at the
University of Michigan.
""Writing in Tongues" is sophisticated yet wholly accessible,
completely engaging, and beautifully written. It makes particularly
adept use of witty (and often hilarious) epigraphs, personal
stories, and moving reflections on what it means to write in a
minority language." --Barbara Henry, University of Washington
"Norich tells a compelling, moving, and intriguing story. No one
has studied translation of Yiddish works into English so
systematically, meticulously, and sensitively." --Hana
Wirth-Nesher, author of "Call It English"
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