Yekl and the Imported Bridegroom and Other Stories of the New York Ghetto

by Abraham Cahan

Book Overview

"No American fiction of the year merits recognition more than this Russian's stories of Yiddish life. ... Mr. Cahan] is a humorist, and his humor does not spare the sordid and uncouth aspects of the character whose pathos he so tenderly reveals." -- William Dean Howells
Yekl (1896), the novel upon which the highly successful film Hester Street was based, was written by Abraham Cahan, editor of the prestigious Jewish Daily Forward...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486224279
• ISBN13: 9780486224275
• Release Date: June 1970
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great retellings of Jewish stories based in New York!

Great retellings of Jewish stories based in New York! I had to read it for school, but it was worth it!