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A Bridge of Longing

The Lost Art of Yiddish Storytelling

A Bridge of Longing( )
Author: Roskies, David
ISBN:978-0-674-08140-6
Publication Date:Sep 1996
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $38.00
Book Description:

Roskies shows how Yiddish storytelling became a politics of rescue for generations of displaced Jewish artists, embodying their hopes and fears in the languages of tradition. Its protagonists are modern writers who returned to storytelling in the hope of harnessing the folk tradition, and who created copies that are better than the original.

Book Details
Pages:432
Detailed Subjects: Performing Arts / Storytelling
Literary Criticism / Jewish
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.125 x 9.25 x 1.1 Inches
Book Weight:1.21 Pounds



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