Poor Matza: Selected stories of Avrom Reisen translated from the Yiddish by Harvey Fink
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Avrom Reisen (1876-1953) was an acclaimed and prolific Yiddish poet and short story writer for the American Yiddish dailies. This is a superb translation by Harvey Fink of some of Reisen's best short stories. At the time of Reisen's death, the Jewish Spectator wrote: "There are many Yiddish writers who owe their success to Reisen's encouragement. For years he published and edited, under great sacrifices, Yiddish journals with the primary aim of providing a platform for young, struggling show more writers... He had no arrogance, no pretensions and no personal vanity." This is the third of Harvey Fink's works of translation. He has also translated, `From Man to Man' and `That Is How It Is' - works of Moishe Nadir. show lessTags
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Short stories from Yiddish author Avrom Reisen. Translator Harvey Fink. Avrom Reisen was a poet and short story writer for the American Yiddish Dailies.
Stories;
1. It Shakes
2. The Old Socialist
3. Upbringing
4. The Father
5. The Jew Who Defiled the Temple
6. A Useless Man
7. Iron
8. Two Friends
9. Chewing Gum
10. Job
11. The Lie
12. Grandfather's Clock
13. The Daughter
14. Poor Matza
15. The Second Mother Rachel
16. The Tree
17. The New Patch
18. Equality
19. The Pios Man
20. The Tragedy of Wealth
21. The Reflection
22. Picture Postcards
23. How I became a Zionist
24. When Does Mummy Eat
25. Ideals and Love
26. Joseph on the Jewish Street
27. The Boycotted Man
28. The Wrong Note
29. Our Anna Isakovna
30. The Intelligent House
31. Statistics
32. His Brother's show more Butllets
33. The Kiss
34. The Moon
35. Days with Avrom Reisen
36. "Things aren't going well for me.."
37. "Somewhere, Probably, the morning star..."
These are short stories that sometimes are like parables. It was good and I was happy to read them. show less
Stories;
1. It Shakes
2. The Old Socialist
3. Upbringing
4. The Father
5. The Jew Who Defiled the Temple
6. A Useless Man
7. Iron
8. Two Friends
9. Chewing Gum
10. Job
11. The Lie
12. Grandfather's Clock
13. The Daughter
14. Poor Matza
15. The Second Mother Rachel
16. The Tree
17. The New Patch
18. Equality
19. The Pios Man
20. The Tragedy of Wealth
21. The Reflection
22. Picture Postcards
23. How I became a Zionist
24. When Does Mummy Eat
25. Ideals and Love
26. Joseph on the Jewish Street
27. The Boycotted Man
28. The Wrong Note
29. Our Anna Isakovna
30. The Intelligent House
31. Statistics
32. His Brother's show more Butllets
33. The Kiss
34. The Moon
35. Days with Avrom Reisen
36. "Things aren't going well for me.."
37. "Somewhere, Probably, the morning star..."
These are short stories that sometimes are like parables. It was good and I was happy to read them. show less
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- 839.133 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Yiddish literature Fiction 1860-1945
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- PJ5129 .R37 .A2 — Language and Literature Oriental languages and literatures Oriental philology and literature Hebrew Other languages used by Jews Yiddish
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