The book of the unknown
Subtitle: tales from the shtetl
By: Jonathon Keats.
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780812978971
Subjects: Jews -- Fiction; Antiheroes -- Fiction; Fables
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Contains twelve short stories that describe twelve unlikely saints, featuring "Alef the Idiot," "Gimmel the Gambler," "Zayin the Profane," "Chet the Cheat," and others.
Table of contents: title: Alef the Idiot; title: Beit the Liar; title: Gimmel the Gambler; title: Dalet the Thief; title: Heyh the Clown; title: Vov the Whore; title: Zayin the Profane; title: Chet the Cheat; title: Tet the Idler; title: Yod the Inhuman; title: Yod-Alef the Murderer; title: Yod-Beit the Rebel.