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Sholem Asch

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Series series Underworld Trilogy
Experience Sholem Asch's powerful Yiddish dramas in modern English translations. This collection, Underworld Trilogy, plunges into the gritty realities of Jewish life in early 20th-century Eastern Europe.God of Vengeance explores faith and morality within a brothel. Motke Thief portrays a gangster's rise and fall. The Dead Man delves into the haunting aftermath of war. Translated by Caraid O'Brien ... Read more

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Experience Sholem Asch's powerful Yiddish dramas in modern English translations. This collection, Underworld Trilogy, plunges into the gritty realities of Jewish life in early 20th-century Eastern Europe.God of Vengeance explores faith and morality within a brothel. Motke Thief portrays a gangster's rise and fall. The Dead Man delves into the haunting aftermath of war. Translated by Caraid O'Brien
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The God of Vengeance (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. A Yiddish Queer Drama of Jewish Family, Moral Hypocrisy, and Broadway Scandal

by Sholem Asch, Faye Roswell ...

Translated by Isaac Goldberg ...

Sholem Asch's The God of Vengeance is a landmark of modern Yiddish drama, a fierce study of piety, commerce, sexuality, and moral self-deception. Set in a Jewish household built above a brothel, the play follows Yankl, a proprietor who commissions a Torah scroll in the hope of purchasing respectability and divine favor, while his daughter Rivkele's tender bond with Manke, one of the women ... Read more

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Sholem Asch's The God of Vengeance is a landmark of modern Yiddish drama, a fierce study of piety, commerce, sexuality, and moral self-deception. Set in a Jewish household built above a brothel, the play follows Yankl, a proprietor who commissions a Torah scroll in the hope of purchasing respectability and divine favor, while his daughter Rivkele's tender bond with Manke, one of the women
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East River

by Sholem Asch ...

Translated by A. H. Gross ...

The unforgettable saga of two immigrant families and the forbidden love that could not keep them apart."East River" is a novel by Sholem Asch, first published in 1946, and a New York Times bestseller of that year. Unlike the denser Jewish pockets of the lower East Side of New York, East 48th Street by the river was, even at the beginning of the twentieth century, an international neighborhood made ... Read more

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The unforgettable saga of two immigrant families and the forbidden love that could not keep them apart."East River" is a novel by Sholem Asch, first published in 1946, and a New York Times bestseller of that year. Unlike the denser Jewish pockets of the lower East Side of New York, East 48th Street by the river was, even at the beginning of the twentieth century, an international neighborhood made
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The God of Vengeance

Enriched edition. A Yiddish Drama of Faith and Sin in Pre-WWI Warsaw—Identity, Desire, and Redemption in a Brothel

by Sholem Asch ...

Translated by Isaac Goldberg ...

In "The God of Vengeance," Sholem Asch presents a powerful exploration of Jewish identity, morality, and the complexities of human desire. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Warsaw, this provocative drama unfolds within the confines of a brothel owned by the religiously observant, yet deeply flawed, character Yankel. The play deftly intertwines themes of vengeance and redemption, faith ... Read more

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In "The God of Vengeance," Sholem Asch presents a powerful exploration of Jewish identity, morality, and the complexities of human desire. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Warsaw, this provocative drama unfolds within the confines of a brothel owned by the religiously observant, yet deeply flawed, character Yankel. The play deftly intertwines themes of vengeance and redemption, faith
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Sholem Asch

Underworld Trilogy

by Sholem Asch, Caraid O'Brien ...

The first in a playwright series by White Goat Press, Sholem Asch: Underworld Trilogy includes three of Asch's Yiddish dramas – taking place in the world of the criminals and the literal underworld – that had successful and influential debuts on the Yiddish stage in the 1920s. ... Read more

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The first in a playwright series by White Goat Press, Sholem Asch: Underworld Trilogy includes three of Asch's Yiddish dramas – taking place in the world of the criminals and the literal underworld – that had successful and influential debuts on the Yiddish stage in the 1920s.
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Uncle Moses

A Novel

by Sholem Asch ...

Translated by Isaac Goldberg ...

This novel takes you a century back in time to live among Eastern European Jewish immigrants in the United States, only a few years before the appalling events of the great depression and the holocaust.Sholom Asch originally wrote it in Yiddish, masterfully depicting the everyday-lives of Jewish immigrants in America, their traditions, values, dialect, and even religious rituals and business ... Read more

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This novel takes you a century back in time to live among Eastern European Jewish immigrants in the United States, only a few years before the appalling events of the great depression and the holocaust.Sholom Asch originally wrote it in Yiddish, masterfully depicting the everyday-lives of Jewish immigrants in America, their traditions, values, dialect, and even religious rituals and business
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The God of Vengeance

Enriched edition. A Jewish Family's Struggle with Faith and Morality in a Changing World

by Sholem Asch, Trevor Whitaker ...

Translated by Isaac Goldberg ...

Sholem Asch's "The God of Vengeance" is a groundbreaking work that explores themes of faith, morality, and the complexities of the human condition within the context of Jewish life in early 20th-century Eastern Europe. The play exhibits a strikingly lyrical style, infused with raw emotional intensity and cultural authenticity. Asch's vivid characters'—a brothel owner and his daughter'—navigate the ... Read more

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Sholem Asch's "The God of Vengeance" is a groundbreaking work that explores themes of faith, morality, and the complexities of the human condition within the context of Jewish life in early 20th-century Eastern Europe. The play exhibits a strikingly lyrical style, infused with raw emotional intensity and cultural authenticity. Asch's vivid characters'—a brothel owner and his daughter'—navigate the
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She Felt Like Feeling Nothing

by r.h. Sin ...

There are moments when the heart no longer wishes to feel because everything it's felt up until then has brought it nothing but anguish. In She Felt Like Feeling Nothing, r.h. Sin pursues themes of self-discovery and retrospection. With this book, the poet intends to create a safe space where women can rest their weary hearts and focus on themselves.She Felt Like Feeling Nothing is the first book ... Read more

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There are moments when the heart no longer wishes to feel because everything it's felt up until then has brought it nothing but anguish. In She Felt Like Feeling Nothing, r.h. Sin pursues themes of self-discovery and retrospection. With this book, the poet intends to create a safe space where women can rest their weary hearts and focus on themselves.She Felt Like Feeling Nothing is the first book
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The Bat-Chen Diaries

by Bat-Chen Shahak ...

In 1996, on her 15th birthday, Bat-Chen Shahak was killed by a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center. But the gifted teenager left behind a rich legacy of diaries, letters, poems and drawings. Following her death, her parents gathered her writings and created The Bat-Chen Diaries ; this is the first English translation of her work. ... Read more

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In 1996, on her 15th birthday, Bat-Chen Shahak was killed by a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center. But the gifted teenager left behind a rich legacy of diaries, letters, poems and drawings. Following her death, her parents gathered her writings and created The Bat-Chen Diaries ; this is the first English translation of her work.
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The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness

A True Story

by Joel ben Izzy ...

"Wonderful!” (Grace Paley).“Heartwarming and smart and wonderfully written” (Detroit Free Press).“Provides edifying advice, intimately given, like the best-selling Tuesdays with Morrie” (the Dallas Morning News).“Altogether original” (Dr. Laura Schlessinger).“This story will speak to the humanity of the reader” (Jewish Book World).The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness is that rare, magical ... Read more

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"Wonderful!” (Grace Paley).“Heartwarming and smart and wonderfully written” (Detroit Free Press).“Provides edifying advice, intimately given, like the best-selling Tuesdays with Morrie” (the Dallas Morning News).“Altogether original” (Dr. Laura Schlessinger).“This story will speak to the humanity of the reader” (Jewish Book World).The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness is that rare, magical
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Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov

by Anton Chekhov ...

Translated by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky ...

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, a collection of thirty of Chekhov’s best tales from the major periods of his creative life.Considered the greatest short story writer, ... Read more

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Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Book Club pick and million-copy bestseller, bring their unmatched talents to The Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, a collection of thirty of Chekhov’s best tales from the major periods of his creative life.Considered the greatest short story writer,
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The Books of Jacob

A Novel

by Olga Tokarczuk ...

Translated by Jennifer Croft ...

**A NEW YORKER “ESSENTIAL READ”“Just as awe-inspiring as the Nobel judges claimed.” – The Washington Post**“Olga Tokarczuk is one of our greatest living fiction writers. . . This could well be a decade-defining book akin to Bolaño’s 2666.” –AV Club**“Sophisticated and ribald and brimming with folk wit. . . The comedy in this novel blends, as it does in life, with genuine tragedy.” –Dwight Garner, ... Read more

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**A NEW YORKER “ESSENTIAL READ”“Just as awe-inspiring as the Nobel judges claimed.” – The Washington Post**“Olga Tokarczuk is one of our greatest living fiction writers. . . This could well be a decade-defining book akin to Bolaño’s 2666.” –AV Club**“Sophisticated and ribald and brimming with folk wit. . . The comedy in this novel blends, as it does in life, with genuine tragedy.” –Dwight Garner,
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