These three superb novellas by the internationally celebrated Chaim
Grade reaffirm his reputation as one of the greatest, if not the
greatest, Yiddish writers of our time. Combining the richness of
character and the moral concern that have consistently marked
Grade's work, these stories offer a luminous picture of Jewish life
in Lithuania between the two world wars, with its everyday problems
and its spiritual yearnings. The characters portrayed will strike
responsive chords in today's readers. 'The Rebbetzin' is the
account of an ambitious woman who constantly pushes forward her
scholarly husband, with the image always before her of the more
eminent rabbi to whom she was once betrothed. In 'Laybe-Layzar's
Courtyard' Grade gives us the people of a crowded Jewish
neighborhood in Vilna, among them a fanatical pietist, a restless
playboy and his vindictive wife, and a rabbi who finds that he
cannot escape the yoke of the rabbinate or involvement in the
destinies of others. In 'The Oath' a dying merchant extracts a
series of pledges from his wife and children that will profoundly
alter the course of their lives.
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