Physical Description
x, 419 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contents
The people of the lost book
The master of prayer : Nahman of Bratslav
The master of lore : Isaac Meir Dik
The conjurer : I.L. Peretz
Mythologist of the mundane : Sholem Aleichem
The storyteller as high priest : Der Nister
The last of the Purim players : Itzik manger
The demon as storyteller : Isaac Bashevis Singer
Estates of memory : after the Holocaust.
ISBN
0674081404
9780674081406 (pbk.)
0674081390 (cloth)
9780674081390 (cloth)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.