18 : : Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages / / ed. by Nora Gold.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• HerausgeberIn: Gold, Nora,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (188 p.)

This anthology, the first of this kind in twenty-five years, collects eighteen astounding works of Jewish fiction, each one translated to English from a different language: Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Ladino, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Yiddish. These compelling, humorous, and moving stories, written by authors that include Isaac Babel and Lili Berger, reflect the rich diversities within Jewish culture, as well as its common elements. This celebration of Jewish writers is easily accessible and sure to resonate with all backgrounds.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Stories -- Hostage -- The Guest -- And the Crooked Shall Be Made Straight -- The First Christmas -- Purimspiel -- Purchase of Goods of Dubious Origin -- The Rebbetzin’s Sense of Justice -- New York -- Golem -- Frozen Spring—Jerusalem Returning -- Place of Birth: Report on the State of the Union -- Sonata in Auschwitz -- The Washerwoman’s Daughter -- A Place Nowhere -- The Researcher -- Luck -- Where Were You When Darkness Fell -- Red Cavalry -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors