Song of Songs (edition 1996)

by Sholom Aleichem

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Title:	Song of Songs
Authors:	Sholom Aleichem
Info:	Simon & Schuster (1996), Hardcover, 112 pages
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Sholom Aleichem	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Aleichem, Cholem	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Tournier, Jacques	Translator	main author	some editions	confirmed

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The Jewish gift book of the year! Never before issued as a complete novella in English, this is Sholom Aleichem's elliptical tale of a love that cannot be, exquisitely rendered by the world's leading translator of the Yiddish master--and beautifully illustrated by an award-winning artist. 15 watercolors.

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A boy's tender love for the daughter of his brother, a girl his age. Shimek's shyness is so acute he can only communicate his heart by noting the ways of nature and quoting from the biblical "Song of Songs." First English translation of an illustrated 1910 novel evoking the lost world of Eastern European Jewry.… (more)

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