About this title: This text provides a history of how Yiddish storytelling became the politics of rescue for successive generations of displaced Jewish artists, embodying their fervent hopes and greatest fears in the languages of tradition. Its protagonists are modern writers who returned to storytelling in the hope of harnessing the folk tradition and who created ...
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Description: Good. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Edition: First Edition (First Printing)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780674081390ISBN:0674081390
Description: VG+ in VG+ jacket. Hardcover in dust jacket, ex-library copy with the usual markings and flaps of d.j. glued to endpapers, but showing little use (d.j. is bright from having been in a mylar protector that has been removed), VG+/VG+. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Univ
Date Published: 1995
Description: Fine/Fine, DJ. 6.5 X 9.5, 419, Pages. Fully indexed. First Edition. New in new DJ. no defects. A compelling history of how Yiddish storytelling became the politics of rescue for successive generations of displaced Jewish artists, embodying their hopes and fears in the languages of tradition. Its protagonists are modern writers who returned to storytelling in the hope of harnessing the folk tradition, and who created copies that are better than the original. read more
Description: Very Good Overall in Very Good Overall jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 419 pp., illustrated, index. Red Cloth. Text clean. Binding sound. Dust Jacket with modest edgewear. Not Ex-Library. Oversized. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Date Published: 1995
Description: Very Good. Octavo in dust jacket, xii, 419 pp., notes, index, b/w illustrations. Includes chapters on Nachman of Bratslav, Isaac Meir Dik, I.L. Peretz, Sholem Aleichem, Der Nister, Itzhak Manger and Isaac Bashevis Singer. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780674081390ISBN:0674081390
Description: x, 419 p. : ill.; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-407) and index. Contents: 1. The People of the Lost Book. 2. The Master of Prayer: Nahman of Bratslav 3. The Master of Lore: Isaac Meir Dik 4. The Conjuror: I.L. Peretz 5. Mythologist of the Mundane: Sholem Aleichem 6. The Storyteller as High Priest: Der Nister 7. The Last of the Purim Players: Itzik Manger 8. The Demon as Storyteller: Isaac Bashevis Singer 9. Estates of Memory: After the Holocaust. Near fine condition in ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr, Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780674081406ISBN:0674081404
Description: Very Good. Softcover with pages that are clean and unmarked. Covers and edging show minor wear with some bumping and creasing. There is a bend on the front cover. read more
Edition: 3rd SC Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780674081406ISBN:0674081404
Description: Near Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 418pp. Unread. Sticker blemish on front. Some corner-chips, -creases. Bottom edge slightly duststained. Cover art: Arthur Kolnik, "Reb Khayiml Sings His New Memorial Prayer. " read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780674081390ISBN:0674081390
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket; Shelfwear to head and heel of both book and dustjacket. Text is clean and binding is tight. 0674081390. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine in original dustjacket with Mylar cover. Includes 9 Chapters, Notes, and Index.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 419 pages. read more
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