Description
| Product ID: | 9798887192062 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | 18 |
| Subtitle: | Jewish Stories from Around the World, Translated from 18 Languages |
| Authors: | Author: Nora Gold |
| Page Count: | 300 |
| Subjects: | Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Short stories, Fiction in translation, Judaism, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Fiction in translation, Judaism |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This anthology contains 18 splendid Jewish stories, each translated into English from a different language. These compelling, humorous, and moving stories, written by eminent authors that include Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Isaac Babel, and Lili Berger, reflect both the diversities and the commonalities within Jewish culture, and will make you laugh, cry, and think and are enjoyable for readers of all backgrounds. A 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in the Anthologies Category This anthology, the first of this kind in twenty-five years, collects eighteen astounding works of Jewish fiction. This is the first anthology of translated multilingual Jewish fiction in 25 years: a collection of 18 splendid stories, each translated into 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 eminent authors that include Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Isaac Babel, and Lili Berger, reflect both the diversities and the commonalities within Jewish culture, and will make you laugh, cry, and think. This beautiful book is easily accessible and enjoyable not only for Jewish readers, but for story-lovers of all backgrounds. Authors (in the order they appear in the book) include: Elie Wiesel, Varda Fiszbein, S. Y. Agnon, Gábor T. Szántó, Jasminka Domaš, Augusto Segre, Lili Berger, Peter Sichrovsky, Maciej Płaza, Entela Kasi, Norman Manea, Luize Valente, Eliya Karmona, Birte Kont, Michel Fais, Irena Dousková, Mario Levi, and Isaac Babel. |
| Imprint Name: | Cherry Orchard Books |
| Publisher Name: | Academic Studies Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-11-02 |
