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JEREMY DAUBERis a professor of Yiddish literature at Columbia University, where he also serves as director of its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies and teaches in the American Studies program. His previous books include In the Demon s Bedroom: Yiddish Literature and the Early Modern and Antonio s Devils: Writers of the Jewish Enlightenment and the Birth of Modern Hebrew and Yiddish Literature. He lives in New York City.
Dauber brings to his task a comprehensive knowledge not only of Sholem Aleichem's life but also of the contexts--historical and literary--in which he wrote and thrived. His prose is swift, clean, and clear, and the portrait that emerges is sharply focused. <br> -- Kirkus Reviews (starred)<br> <br> Sholem Aleichem invented Tevye and his daughters, but if you think Fiddler on the Roof is the only reason we should remember him, just wait until you read The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem . In a warm and witty style suited to his subject, Dauber tells the story of the writer known as the 'Yiddish Mark Twain' and shows why Sholem Aleichem is one of the most important figures in modern Jewish culture. His story encompasses riches and poverty, revolution and emigration, Russia and America, literature and theater and journalism---all the opportunities and pressures of Jewish life in the modern world. This is the major biography Sholem Aleichem deserves. <br> --Adam Kirsch, author of Why Trilling Matters
