Oedipus in Brooklyn and other stories
By: Blume Lempel ; translated from the Yiddish by Ellen Cassedy and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Contributors: Cassedy, Ellen, translator; Taub, Yermiyahu Ahron, translator
Publisher: Mandel Vilar Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781942134251; 9781942134213
Subjects: Yiddish Short stories; Translations into English
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "Blume Lempel is a fearless storyteller whose imagination skillfully moves between the realistic and the fantastic, the lyrical and the philosophical. Her subjects like her settings -- Paris, Poland, Brooklyn, Tel Aviv, California -- range widely. A Holocaust survivor speaks to the shadows in her garden; a pious old woman imagines romance; a New York subway commuter forges a bond with a homeless woman; and in the title story, a mother is drawn into a transgressive relationship with her blind son. Lempel's narratives are masterpieces of poetic imagery and startling modernist touches, suffused with an abiding compassions"--
Notes: The first eleven stories in this volume were published in Yiddish in "A rege fun emes" (A moment of truth), by Blume Lempel (Tel Aviv: I.L. Peretz Publishing House, 1981). The second eleven stories were published in Yiddish in "Balade fun a kholem" (Ballad of a dream), by Blume Lempel (Tel Aviv: Israel Book Publishing House, 1986).

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Even the heavens tell lies --; title: Pachysandra --; title: The death of my aunt --; title: Images on a blank canvas --; title: Neighbors over the fence --; title: The debt --; title: My friend Ben --; title: Oedipus in Brooklyn --; title: Cousin Claude --; title: A Yiddish poet in Paris --; title: The power of a melody --; title: Yosele --; title: The bag lady of Seventh Avenue --; title: En route to divorce --; title: The little red umbrella --; title: Her last dance --; title: Waiting for the ragman --; title: The twin sisters --; title: A little song for a Jewish soul --; title: The invented brother --; title: A snowstorm in summerland --; title: Yosemite Park --; title: Pastorale --; title: The fate of the Yiddish writer (essay).