• Explore more great deals on 1000's of titles in our Bargain Book store.
  
  

Buy this book with Because God Loves Stories: An Anthology of Jewish Storytelling by Steve Zeitlin today!

Buy Together Today: $33.78

Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology by Jules Chametzky  (3)  $26.37

While Standing on One Foot: Puzzle Stories and Wisdom Tales from the Jewish Tradition by Nina Jaffe  (3)  $9.95

Dancing on the Edge of the World : Jewish Stories of Love, Faith, and Inspiration by Miriyam Glazer  (4)  $11.96

The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer by Isaac Bashevis Singer  (12)  $13.60

The Jew in the Modern World: A Documentary History by Paul Mendes-Flohr  (4)  $56.51

› Explore similar items : Books (49)

From Library Journal
A long-awaited comprehensive collection of Jewish short stories is now available. Culled from the works of over 50 of the best international Jewish writers, dating from the mid-1800s to the present, the work enhances the literary tradition it represents. The writers range from international giants like Sholem Aleichem, Franz Kafka, Isaac Babel, and I.B. Singer to Holocaust survivors Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel to great American writers like Grace Paley, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Roth, Bernard Malamud, and Saul Bellow; younger writers like Francine Prose, Jonathan Rosen, Melvin Jules Bukiet, and Allegra Goodman and the Israelis Aharon Appelfeld and Amos Oz. are also included. The introduction by Stavens, an Amherst scholar who has written extensively on Hispanic and Jewish themes, traces the richness of the Jewish literary oeuvre all over the world. Highly recommended for all libraries.?Molly Abramowitz, Silver Spring, MD
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Stavans, a writer, editor, and translator, has gathered an extraordinary collection of stories by 52 Jewish writers, beginning with a tale by the Hasidic Rabbi Nakhman of Bratzlav, Poland (1772^-1811). Among the other celebrated authors are Sholem Aleichem, Franz Kafka, Isaac Babel, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Delmore Schwartz, Bernard Malamud, Saul Bellow, Primo Levi, Grace Paley, Cynthia Ozick, Elie Wiesel, Stanley Elkin, Mordecai Richler, Aharon Appelfeld, Philip Roth, and Amos Oz. The stories were written originally in about a dozen languages, and the authors are from around the world. The variety of themes include anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, of course, but also domestic affairs, biblical subjects, interreligious and ethnic relations, as well as the Diaspora and mysticism. Stavans' lengthy and informative introduction discusses language and tradition, and he provides an interesting chronology of Jewish literature from 1767 to 1997, highlighting crucial novels, plays, collections of stories and poems, major anthologies, and volumes of essays. George Cohen

See all Editorial Reviews

First Sentence:
Once there was a rabbi who had no children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
external trio, der schwarzer, art biz, old stationmaster, three nightmares, true waiting, forest demon, evening express, whole loaf Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rabbi Binder, New York, United States, Shabtai Zvi, Yom Kippur, Market Street, Lou Caplan, Sholem Aleichem, Chico Devil, Natan de Gaza, Street of Crocodiles, Der Nister, Rabbi Nakhman, Wilson Hemmings, Holy Land, Bruno Schulz, Harry Grossman, Lou Flexner, Raizel Kaidish, Sholem Jacob Abramovitsh, Axl Rose, Lazar Malkin, Monsignor Jacques, Saul Bellow, Tulliver Green New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!

Search Inside This Book: