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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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916
مؤلفون آخرون: Halkin, Hillel, 1939-
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
اليديشية
منشور في: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2002.
سلاسل:New Yiddish library.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=187798
جدول المحتويات:
  • 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.