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(3.67) | None | A Bunch of Jews (andother stuff) is based on the 1938 short story collection by Trina Robbin'sfather, Muttel (Mutye) Perechudnik, and was originally published in Yiddish.This collection features a collection of stories drawn from Muttel's (later MaxPerlson's) life growing up in a shtetl in Belarus and immigrating to Brooklyn inthe late 1910s at the age of 16. Here he became a journalist contributing shortstories in Yiddish to Jewish newspapers. The collection has beentranslated to English and adapted to graphic novel format by his daughter, TrinaRobbins, who says of the stories within: "They are slyly humorous portraits ofhis little village in Belarus, and of life in Brooklyn after he came to America.It's a snapshot of a way of life that would end with the coming of the Nazis andWW2, although none of them knew it yet."… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Trina Robbins | — | primary author | all editions | calculated | Perlson, Max B. | — | main author | all editions | confirmed | Flenniken, Shary | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Furchgott, Eve | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Glidden, Sarah | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hartman, Hershi | Translator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Katin, Miriam | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | LaBan, Terry | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Leialoha, Steve | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Leschen, Caryn | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Libicki, Miriam | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Mendes, Willy | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Nicholson, Hope | Editor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Steacy, Joan | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Steacy, Ken | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Timmons, Anne | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Triptow, Robert | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Vaughn, Jen | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Watasin, Elizabeth | Illustrator | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions A Bunch of Jews (andother stuff) is based on the 1938 short story collection by Trina Robbin'sfather, Muttel (Mutye) Perechudnik, and was originally published in Yiddish.This collection features a collection of stories drawn from Muttel's (later MaxPerlson's) life growing up in a shtetl in Belarus and immigrating to Brooklyn inthe late 1910s at the age of 16. Here he became a journalist contributing shortstories in Yiddish to Jewish newspapers. The collection has beentranslated to English and adapted to graphic novel format by his daughter, TrinaRobbins, who says of the stories within: "They are slyly humorous portraits ofhis little village in Belarus, and of life in Brooklyn after he came to America.It's a snapshot of a way of life that would end with the coming of the Nazis andWW2, although none of them knew it yet." ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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