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.
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