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Everyday Jews: Scenes from a Vanished Life - Birstein, Margaret (Translated by), and Perle, Yehoshue, and Deshell, Maier (Translated by)
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When Everyday Jews was first published in Poland in 1935, the Jewish Left was scandalized by the sex scenes, and I. B. Singer complained that the novel was too bleak to be psychologically credible. Yet within two years Perle's novel was heralded as a modern Yiddish masterpiece. Offering a unique blend of raw sexuality and romantic love, thwarted desire and spiritual longing, Everyday Jews is now considered Perle's consummate achievement. The voice of Mendl, the novel's 12-year-old narrator, is precisely captured by ...

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Everyday Jews: Scenes from a Vanished Life 2007, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT

ISBN-13: 9780300116373

Hardcover