Menahem-Mendl is one of Sholom Aleichem's richest
characterizations. An incurable optimist, whose every venture ends
in disaster, he is the perennial Luftmensch who never ceases to
build castles in the air.
The exchange of letters between Menahem-Mendl, trying his luck
in the bigger cities of Czarist Russia, and his wife, who remains
behind in a small town in the hinterlands, relates his hilarious,
but frustrating, experiences as he seeks his fortune-first as a
currency and stock speculator (who cannot speculate), as a
matchmaker (who cannot arrange marriages), as an author (who cannot
write), and as an agent (who buys what he cannot sell).
As his hopes repeatedly rise only to vanish in smoke, as he
becomes involved with rascals and rogues, rich men and poor, the
reader is at once amused and astounded by the predicaments in which
he becomes entangled. But no more so than his long-suffering,
ever-faithful wife, Sheineh-Sheindl -- scolding and querulous, but
ever ready to succor him in his most desperate moments.
In re-creating a vanished way of life with warmth and
considerable verve, the book reflects the eternal human condition,
equally true and meaningful today. "The adventures of
Menahem-Mendl" is a memorable achievement-a masterwork by an
eminent figure of world literature.
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