Yekl and the Imported Bridegroom and Other Stories of the New York Ghetto
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"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:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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Great retellings of Jewish stories based in New York!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Great retellings of Jewish stories based in New York! I had to read it for school, but it was worth it!
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