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Yiddish Folktales

Yiddish Folktales - Paperback

by Beatrice Weinreich
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Availability:In StockContributor:Beatrice WeinreichSeries:Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore LibraryPublish date:1997-09-23Pages:448
Language:EnglishPublisher:Schocken Books IncISBN-13:9780805210903ISBN-10:805210903UPC:9780805210903Book Category:Social Science, Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, Judaism, JewishSize:9.17 x 6.14 x 1.23 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SC9WZQBY0C
Filled with princesses and witches, dybbuks and wonder-working rebbes, the two hundred tales that make up this delightful compendium were gathered during the 1920s and 1930s by ethnographers in the small towns and villages of Eastern Europe. Collected from people of all walks of life, they include parables and allegories about life, luck, and wisdom; tales of magic and wonder; poignant encounters between rabbis and their disciples; and stories whose only purpose is to entertain. Long after the culture that produced them tragically disappeared, these enchanting Yiddish folktales continue to work their magic today.

With black-and-white illustrations throughout
Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Language:EnglishPublisher:Schocken Books IncISBN-13:9780805210903ISBN-10:805210903UPC:9780805210903Book Category:Social Science, Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Folklore & Mythology, Judaism, JewishSize:9.17 x 6.14 x 1.23 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SC9WZQBY0C
Editor BEATRICE SILVERMAN WEINREICH (1928-2008) was for many years a research associate at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York and coeditor of the journal Yiidisher Folklor. She published many articles in academic journals on Yiddish culture and folklore.

Translator LEONARD WOLF is the author of the novels The Glass Mountain and The False Messiah, and of Bluebeard: The Life and Crimes of Gilles de Rais. Among his translations from Yiddish are The Certificate by Isaac Bashevis Singer and The Family Mashber by Der Nister.
Publisher: Schocken Books Inc

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