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This volume presents an outstanding translation of two favorite comic novels by the preeminent Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem (1859 1916). 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 before departing alone for the New World, and his scolding wife, who becomes increasingly fearful, jealous, and mystified.
Motl, the Cantor' s Son is the first-person narrative of a mischievous and keenly observant boy who emigrates with his family from Russia to America. The final third of the story takes place in New York, making this Sholem Aleichem' s only major work to be set in the United States.
Sholem Aleichem endows each character with an individual comic voice to tell in his own way the story of the collapse of traditional Jewish life in modern industrial society as well as the journey to America, where a new chapter of Jewish history begins.
Title: The Letters of Menakhem-Mendl & Sheyne-Sheyndl and Motl, the Cantor's Son
Format: Paperback Book
Release Date: 14 Oct 2026
Author: Hillel Halkin
Sku: 3684576
Catalogue No: 9798998779886
Category: Modern & Contemporary
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