The letters of Menakhem-Mendl and Sheyne-Sheyndl ; and, Motl, the cantor's son /
New translations of two comic novels by the pre-eminent Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem. 'The Letters of Menakhem-Mendl and Sheyne-Sheyndl' portrays a tumultuous marriage through letters exchanged between the title character, an itinerant bumbler seeking his fortune in the cities of Russia...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Yiddish |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2002
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| Series: | New Yiddish library.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- The letters of Menakhem-Mendl and Sheyne-Sheyndl:
- Londons : the Odessa exchange
- Stocks & bonds : the Yehupetz exchange
- Millions : traders, agents, and speculators
- An honorable profession : Menakhem-Mendl becomes a writer
- It's no go : Menakhem-Mendl the matchmaker
- Always a loser : Menakhem-Mendl the insurance agent
- Motl, the cantor's son:
- Part one
- Part two.
