So this is a bundle of short stories that I picked up in Iceland. It was the name that caught my eye plus I did not want to leave the (2nd hand) bookstore empty handed. A critic is quoted on the front saying: "Life in the ghettos of Poland", which was enough for me to catch my attention. From the...
‘If you believe in God, then He exists.’This sentiment best surmises the questions and crises of faith presented in the Nobel winning body of work from Isaac Bashevis Singer. The Polish born author came to the United States on the brink of WWII and left an honorable mark on Jewish literature, win...
لم تُمنح جائزة نوبل قط لمستحق لها بقامة كنوت هامسون. توماس مان.في مقالة للمؤرخ اليساري هوارد زن يشير إلى أن وظيفة المبدع، أي مبدع سواء في الأدب أو الموسيقى أو الرسم، هو أن ينتج ويقدم أعمال جميلة للجمهور فقط. يبدع من تلقاء نفسه ويقدم ما يعتقد بأنها مادة جميلة: يمنح الجمال والضحك والعاطفة والمفاجأة...
A sequel to I. B. Singer's classic memoir In My Father's Court, these stories, published serially in the Daily Forward, depict the beth din in his father's home on Krochmalna Street in Warsaw. A unique institution, the beth din was a combined court of law, synagogue, scholarly institution, and ps...
“Tutte le storie sono storie d’amore” scrive McLiam Wilson all’inizio del suo “Eureka Street”. “Shosha” non è certo un’eccezione, tanto più che è l’autore stesso a consigliare questa chiave di lettura: la sua storia deve essere letta come se fosse una storia d’amore. Però bisogna anche fare delle...
Ci sono quadri che si compongono un po' alla volta, aggiungendo come nei mosaici una tessera dopo l'altra."La Famiglia Moskat" �� stato sicuramente il tassello pi�� grande da aggiungere alla mia conoscenza della storia degli ebrei dell'Europa orientale, perch�� di per s�� �� gi�� un quadro, un gi...
Shmul-Leibele was half tailor, half furrier, and a complete pauper. He had never mastered his trade. When filling an order for a jacket or a gaberdine, he inevitably made the garment either too short or too tight. The belt in the back would hang either too high or too low, the lapels never matche...