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The Letters of Menakhem-Mendl & Sheyne-Sheyndl and Motl, the Cantor's Son

The Letters of Menakhem-Mendl & Sheyne-Sheyndl and Motl, the Cantor's Son

Halkin, Hillel
Aleichem, Sholem

Paperback

HumorGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $22.95

ISBN13: 9798998779886
Publisher: White Goat Press
Published: Jul 7 2026
Pages: 325
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
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.

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