Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas

by Ruth R. Wisse

Book Overview

All share a common setting--the Eastern European Jewish town or shtetl, and all deal in different ways with a single topic--the Jewish confrontation with modernity. The five short novellas which... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874412013
• ISBN13: 9780874412017
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Behrman House Publishing
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.