Sholom Aleichem

Moshkeleh the Thief (eBook, ePUB)

A Rediscovered Novel
Übersetzer: Leviant, Curt

• Format: ePub

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Jewish Publication Society
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780827618763
• Artikelnr.: 72452597

Autorenporträt

Sholom Aleichem, the pen name of Sholom Rabinowitz (1859–1916), became the most widely read writer in the history of Yiddish literature by the end of the nineteenth century. His stories about Tevye the dairyman became the basis for the hit musical, Fiddler on the Roof. Curt Leviant is the prize-winning author or translator of more than twenty-five books. His latest novel is Me, Mo, Mu, Ma & Mod; or, Which Will It Be, Me and Mazal, or Gila and Me?    

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction   
Chapter 1. Discusses Thieves
Chapter 2. He Displays His Mettle Early On
Chapter 3. His Fight with the Goliath of Zlodeyevke
Chapter 4. He Dislikes Mazepevke Jews, and Justifiably So
Chapter 5. Chaim Chosid’s Daughter Scandalizes Mazepevke and the Town Goes
Topsy-Turvy
Chapter 6. Chaim Chosid’s Son-in-Law Has an Idea
Chapter 7. Turns Back for a While to Discuss Lofty Matters
Chapter 8. Which Strays Off Course a Bit, Yet Still Has Relevance to the
Novel
Chapter 9. An Undeserved Slap
Chapter 10. Moshke Has a Plan
Chapter 11. A Walk in the Monastery Garden
Chapter 12. Hens Lay Eggs, Jewish Girls Make Babies
Chapter 13. On Philosophy, Love, and Other Matters
Chapter 14. Jews Buy Wine for the Seder
Chapter 15. This Pesach Night
Chapter 16. Monastery Bells Are Ringing
Chapter 17. A Dangerous Leap
Chapter 18. A Posted Letter and Some Comments by the Author
Chapter 19. Henekh the Cantor Looks for a Job
Chapter 20. What a Story! What a Tale!