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Jewish Stories from Around the World, Translated from 18 Languages

Nora Gold

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Cherry Orchard Books
28 February 2024
A 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in the Anthologies Category

This anthology, the first of this kind in twenty-five years, collects eighteen astounding works of Jewish fiction.

This is the first anthology of translated multilingual Jewish fiction in 25 years: a collection of 18 splendid stories, each translated into English from a different language: Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Ladino, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Yiddish. These compelling, humorous, and moving stories, written by eminent authors that include Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Isaac Babel, and Lili Berger, reflect both the diversities and the commonalities within Jewish culture, and will make you laugh, cry, and think. This beautiful book is easily accessible and enjoyable not only for Jewish readers, but for story-lovers of all backgrounds.

Authors (in the order they appear in the book) include: Elie Wiesel, Varda Fiszbein, S. Y. Agnon, Gábor T. Szántó, Jasminka Domaš, Augusto Segre, Lili Berger, Peter Sichrovsky, Maciej Płaza, Entela Kasi, Norman Manea, Luize Valente, Eliya Karmona, Birte Kont, Michel Fais, Irena Dousková, Mario Levi, and Isaac Babel.

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Imprint:   Cherry Orchard Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   285g
ISBN:   9798887192062
Pages:   300
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Foreword by Josh Lambert                                                                    Introduction by Nora Gold                                                                                                                             Hostage Elie Wiesel         Translated from French by Catherine Temerson The Guest Varda Fiszbein Translated from Spanish by Andrea G. Labinger And The Crooked Shall Be Made Straight S. Y. Agnon Translated from Hebrew by Michael P. Kramer The First Christmas Gábor T. Szántó Translated from Hungarian by Walter Burgess and Marietta Morry Purimspiel Jasminka Domaš Translated from Croatian by Iskra Pavlović Purchase of Goods of Dubious Origin Augusto Segre Translated from Italian by Steve Siporin The Rebbetzin's Sense of Justice Lili Berger Translated from Yiddish by Ronnee Jaeger New York Peter Sichrovsky Translated from German by John Howard Golem Maciej Płaza Translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones Frozen Spring—Jerusalem Returning Entela Kasi Translated from Albanian by the author with assistance from Sarah Lawson Place of Birth Norman Manea Translated from Romanian by Jean Harris Sonata in Auschwitz Luize Valente Translated from Portuguese by Claudio Bethencourt The Washerwoman’s Daughter Eliya Karmona Translated from Judeo-Spanish by Michael Alpert A Place Nowhere Birte Kont Translated from Danish by Nina Sokol The Researcher Michel Fais Translated from Greek by Mina Karavanta Luck Irena Dousková Translated from Czech by David Livingstone Where Were You When Darkness Fell Mario Levi Translated from Turkish by Leyla Tonguç Basmaci Red Cavalry Isaac Babel Translated from Russian by Boris Dralyuk Acknowledgments Contributors Notes

Dr. Nora Gold, previously an Associate Professor, is currently the Founder and Editor of the prestigious online literary journal Jewish Fiction .net. She is also the prize-winning author of three books of fiction, as well as the recipient of two Canadian Jewish Book/Literary Awards and praise from Alice Munro. She currently resides in Toronto, Canada.

Reviews for 18: Jewish Stories from Around the World, Translated from 18 Languages

"“Gold... collects a remarkably diverse array of translated Jewish stories and novel excerpts... This broad and wide-ranging anthology is a fitting ode to the ‘nearly inexhaustible richness and strength’ of the Jewish multilingual tradition."" — Publishers Weekly “This is a landmark anthology. Nora Gold is a remarkable pioneer who has my heartfelt admiration.” — Cynthia Ozick “With this remarkable book, Dr. Gold makes a signal contribution to the current state and study of contemporary Jewish literature. Her anthology offers readers a world tour of Jewish literatures in one volume: 18 works that are of consistently high quality and represent numerous linguistic traditions. I know of no other anthology like this. It deserves significant critical attention and certainly will be of interest to teachers, students, and readers of Jewish literature, comparative literature, and world literature.” —Adam Rovner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English & Jewish Literature, and Director, Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver “One thing is for certain: whether winners of the Nobel Prize or secret scribblers in remote Eastern European shtetls (or both), these writers have clung to their Judaism as if to their very being. Yet, ironically, it is this clinging to identity which makes this collection so universal. They are saying that, in all of the best and worst circumstances, this is who we are and who we shall remain. Nothing can change that. What a treat it is to ‘hear’ the voices from far and wide affirming our humanity.” — Joseph Kertes, Winner of a Canadian National Jewish Book Award and the U.S. National Jewish Book Award for Fiction"


  • Short-listed for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist 2023

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