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Blessed Hands: Stories

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Availability:In StockContributor:Frume Halpern, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub (Translator)Publish date:2023-10-17Pages:328
Language:EnglishPublisher:Frayed Edge PressISBN-13:9781642510492ISBN-10:1642510491UPC:9781642510492Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), Historical, JewishBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SCHP12SDZH

A plain factory worker who hides herself from life finds new possibilities opening up when a co-worker invites her to a political lecture. A humble shoemaker gains confidence and pride in his work after a yeshiva student introduces him to the philosophy of Spinoza. An unhappy housewife has new emotions stirred in her by an intellectual boarder. An African American man works his entire life standing, only to find himself unable to walk in retirement. A Jewish family waits in sorrow and anger as their loved ones' fates are played out on the national news. Frume Halpern brings these "slice of life" stories to life in this collection of short stories featuring protagonists on the fringes of American society: immigrants, Jews, African Americans, and the disabled, the sick, and the poor.


Blessed Hands is the frst ever complete English-language translation of Gebenshte hent: dertseylungen, along with the original foreword by Isaac Elchanan Ronch and an afterword by the translator. This collection contains short stories were that were published over several decades in the left-wing daily newspaper Morgn frayhayt [Morning Freedom] and other Yiddish-language outlets in mid-20th century New York. ​These psychologically insightful stories present the lives of protagonists who are working-class poor, social outcasts, and those experiencing illness, disability, and racism. Halpern worked as a massage therapist in a hospital and many of these stories are about those who work with their hands: workshop/factory workers, piece workers, a shoemaker, a butcher, and a hairdresser.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Frayed Edge PressISBN-13:9781642510492ISBN-10:1642510491UPC:9781642510492Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), Historical, JewishBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.69 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SCHP12SDZH
Publisher: Frayed Edge Press

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