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  • The Podolian Nights

    Essential Tales

    Series series Pushkin Press Classics
    **A new translation of the classic tales based on Eastern European folk tradition and rabbinical wisdom, offering inspiration and advice to readers of all faiths for over 200 years"A treasure... A fascinating introduction to one of the great Jewish writers of the late 18th century" — The Jewish Chronicle**Nachman of Bratslav, descended from the founder of the Hasidic movement, carved a singular ... Read more

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  • The Book of Paradise

    A Yiddish Comic Novel

    by Itzik Manger ...
    Translated by Robert Adler Peckerar ...
    Series series Pushkin Press Classics
    **“Electrifying…sparkles with Manger’s song and poetry, and is brilliantly layered with literary and folkloric references.” — Tablet“There is something joyous about Manger’s playful language.” — The Jewish ChronicleThe raucously witty Yiddish classic about a Jewish Paradise afflicted by very human temptations and pains — a delightful new translation perfect for fans of Michael Chabon**Witty, ... Read more

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  • Anglo Saxon Poetry

    Anglo Saxon Poetry

    Edited by S.A.J. Bradley ...
    Anglo-saxon poetry was circulated orally in a preliterate society, and gathered at last into books over some six centuries before the Norman Conquest ended English independence. Against the odds some of these books survive today. This anthology of prose translations covers most of the surviving poetry, revealing a tradition which is outstanding among early medieval literatures for its ... Read more

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