Research Catalog

Title

Have I got a story for you : more than a century of fiction from the Forward / edited by Ezra Glinter ; introduction by Dara Horn.

Publication

• New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Glinter, Ezra
• Horn, Dara, 1977-

Description

xxi, 433 pages; 25 cm

Summary

• Collects forty-two short stories translated into English, originally published in the American Yiddish newspaper, the Forward.
• "The Forward, founded in 1897, is the most renowned Yiddish newspaper in the world. It welcomed generations of immigrants to the United States, brought them news of Europe and the Middle East, and provided them with sundry comforts such as comic strips and noodle kugel recipes. It also published some of the most acclaimed Yiddish fiction writers of all time: Nobel Prize laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer on justice slyly being served when the governor of Lublin comes to town; celebrated Forward editor Abraham Cahan on how place and luck can change character; and Roshelle Weprinsky, setting her story in Florida, on the rupture between European parents and American children. Cahan described the newspaper as a "living novel," with good reason. Taken together, these stories reveal the human side of the challenges that faced Jews throughout this time, including immigration, modernization, poverty, assimilation, the two world wars, and changing forms of Jewish identity. These concerns were taken up by a diverse group of writers, from novelists Sholem Asch and Chaim Grade to short-story writers like Lyala Kaufman and Miriam Karpilove. Ezra Glinter has combed through the archives to find the best stories published during the newspaper's 120-year history, digging up such varied works as wartime novellas, avant-garde fiction, and satirical sketches about immigrant life in New York. Glinter's introductions to the thematic sections and short biographies of the contributors provide insight into the concerns of not only the writers but also their avid readers. The collection has been rendered into English by today's best Yiddish translators, who capture the sound of the authors and the subtleties of nuance and context." -- Publisher's description.

Uniform Title

Forṿerṭs (New York, N.Y.)

Alternative Title

• Golde's lament.
• Shneur Zadobnik and Motke the Hatter.
• Collecting rent.
• Brownsville looks to the heavens.
• Yente describes a strike.
• Yente and Mendel look for rooms.
• How Pinnie celebrated election day.
• Yente and Mendel and Mendel Beilis.
• Pinnie grows to be a businessman.
• Rooms with steam heat.

Subjects

• Short stories
• Jews > Fiction
• Short stories, Yiddish > Translations into English

Genre/Form

Short stories.

Note

• Consists of forty-two short stories translated into English, originally published in the Yiddish newspaper, the Forward.

Contents

Golde's lament / Rokhl Brokhes -- Shneur Zadobnik and Motke the Hatter / Abraham Cahan -- Collecting rent / Morris Rosenfeld -- Brownsville looks to the heavens ; Yente describes a strike ; Yente and Mendel look for rooms ; How Pinnie celebrated Election Day ; Yente and Mendel and Mendel Beilis ; Pinnie grows to be a businessman ; Rooms with steam heat ; Yente at the Metropolitan Opera / B. Kovner -- Annie ; By a far shore / Roshelle Weprinsky -- Compatriots / Sarah Hamer-Jacklyn -- Friends / Hersh Dovid Nomberg -- Who will prevail? / Avrom Reyzen -- The devoted cousin ; The young widow ; She waits / Yente Serdatsky -- At prayer ; A country girl ; To go, or not to go? ; The grandmother ; Poor Sammy! ; Her dowry / Lyala Kaufman -- She wants to be different ; In the automat / Miriam Raskin -- The Jewish soldier / Sholem Asch -- On the eve of battle / David Bergelson -- Bakhmatsch Station / Israel Joshua Singer -- The edge of death / David Zaritski -- After liberation / Wolf Karmiol -- A holiday / Yona Rozenfeld -- That which is forbidden / Zalman Schneour -- In a friendly hamlet / Miriam Karpilove -- A house on the hill / Kadya Molodowsky -- The hotel / Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Grandfathers and grandchildren / Chaim Grade -- A journey back in time / Blume Lempel -- Mona Bubbe / Yente Mash -- Hallo / Mikhoel Felsenbaum -- Studies in Solfège / Boris Sandler.

Call Number

JFE 16-13718

ISBN

• 9780393062700
• 0393062708

LCCN

• 2016018411
• 40026552956

OCLC

957696482

Title

Have I got a story for you : more than a century of fiction from the Forward / edited by Ezra Glinter ; introduction by Dara Horn.

Publisher

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2017]

Copyright Date

©2017

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Glinter, Ezra, editor.

Horn, Dara, 1977- writer of introduction.

Added Title

Forṿerṭs (New York, N.Y.)

Golde's lament.

Shneur Zadobnik and Motke the Hatter.

Collecting rent.

Brownsville looks to the heavens.

Yente describes a strike.

Yente and Mendel look for rooms.

How Pinnie celebrated election day.

Yente and Mendel and Mendel Beilis.

Pinnie grows to be a businessman.

Rooms with steam heat.

Other Standard Identifier

40026552956

Research Call Number

JFE 16-13718