Prophets & Dreamers
Author | : Miriam Weinstein |
Publisher | : Zoland Books, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015055804564 |
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Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Prophets & Dreamers written by Miriam Weinstein and published by Zoland Books, Incorporated. This book was released on 2002 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fewer than one percent of all books written and published in Yiddish have been translated into English. Those that have give us a window into a culture that celebrates the full range of the human condition. This collection of stories, poems and folk songs offers work by Mendel Mykher-Sforim, Yitzhak Leib Peretz and Sholom Aleichem, the three figures who revitalised the language and its literature, as well as works by Shimon An-ski, I.B. Singer and others.