The cross and other Jewish stories
By: Lamed Shapiro ; edited and with an Introduction by Leah Garrett.
Series: New Yiddish library
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780300110692
Subjects: Shapiro, Lamed, -- 1878-1948 -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
Description: Lamed Shapiro was the author of groundbreaking and controversial short stories, novellas, and essays. Himself a tragic figure Shapiro led a life marked by frequent ocean crossings alcoholism, and failed ventures, yet his writings are models of precision, psychological insight, and daring.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pogrom tales; title: The cross; title: Pour out thy wrath; title: In the dead town; title: The kiss; title: White challah; title: The Jewish regime; title: The old world; title: Smoke; title: Tiger; title: Eating days; title: The rebbe and the rebbetsin; title: The man and his servant; title: Between the fields; title: Myrtle; title: The new world; title: At sea; title: The chair; title: New Yorkish.