- Summary
- Yiddish writer Abraham Karpinowitz portrays the dreams and struggles of poor and disenfranchised Jews from his native city of Vilna (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania) during the period immediately before the Holocaust. His stories provide an affectionate portrait of fishwives and cobblers, thieves and prostitutes. This collection also includes two intimate memoirs of the author's childhood experiences in his father's Vilna Yiddish theatre. Mintz deftly preserves Karpinowitz's colorful, often idiomatic Yiddish, capturing his unique voice and bringing this destroyed world to English-language readers.
- Uniform Title
- Short stories. Selections. English
- Series
- Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art
Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Karpinowitz, Abraham, author.
- Published
- Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2016
- Locale
- Vilnius (Lithuania)
Lithuania
- Edition
- First edition
- Contents
-
Vilna without Vilna
Amazing Theory of Prentsik the Shoemaker
Red Flag
Shibele's Lottery Ticket
Folklorist
Chana-Merka the Fishwife
Lost and Found
Vladek
Lineage of the Vilna Underworld
Jewish Money
Tall Tamara
Great Love of Mr. Gershteyn
Tree beside the Theater
Memories of a Decimated Theater Home
Vilna, Vilna, Our Native City.
Glossary of People, Places, Terms, and Events
Story List with Original Publication.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Mintz, Helen, translator.
Cammy, Justin Daniel, writer of foreword.
- Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references.
Vilna without Vilna -- Amazing Theory of Prentsik the Shoemaker -- Red Flag -- Shibele's Lottery Ticket -- Folklorist -- Chana-Merka the Fishwife -- Lost and Found -- Vladek -- Lineage of the Vilna Underworld -- Jewish Money -- Tall Tamara -- Great Love of Mr. Gershteyn -- Tree beside the Theater -- Memories of a Decimated Theater Home -- Vilna, Vilna, Our Native City.
Glossary of People, Places, Terms, and Events -- Story List with Original Publication.
Translated from the Yiddish.
