Rabbis and Wives (1974)

by Chaim Grade

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Three novellas by an internationally celebrated writer provide a luminous view of a Jewish village in Lithuania between the two world wars and some of its residents.

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These three short novellas are a perfect introduction to the life of eastern european Jews in the late 19th century, and a wonderful introduction to the Yiddish writer who, had he had the translators, would surely have gotten the Nobel prize instead of Singer (who is great, but just not Grade). (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Chaim Grade	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Grade, Inna Hecker	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Rabinowitz, Harold	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Rabbis and Wives was later published under The Sacred and the Profane.

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