Research Catalog

Title

The Oxford book of Jewish stories / edited and with and introduction by Ilan Stavans.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors

Stavans, Ilan.

Description

xiv, 493 pages; 23 cm

Summary

In this wide-ranging anthology, Ilan Stavans has collected the work of more than fifty notable Jewish writers from around the globe, weaving these diverse viewpoints and voices into a rich portrait of Jewish literary tradition. The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories takes us from the mid-1800s right up to the present, encompassing the full spectrum of Jewish writing around the world.

Alternative Title

Jewish stories

Subject

• Short stories, Jewish
• Short stories, Jewish > Translations into English
• Jews > Social life and customs > Fiction

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-481) and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Language and Tradition -- The Rabbi's Son / Rabbi Nakhman of Bratzlav -- The Calf / Sholem Jacob Abramovitsh -- If Not Higher ... / Isaac Leib Peretz -- A Yom Kippur Scandal / Sholem Aleichem -- The Mother / Italo Svevo -- Tug of Love / Israel Zangwill -- The Kiss / Lamed Shapiro -- America and I / Anzia Yezierska -- Holy Land / Ludwig Lewisohn -- Before the Law / Franz Kafka -- At Night / David Bergelson -- The Fool and the Forest Demon / Der Nister -- Camacho's Wedding Feast / Alberto Gerchunoff -- A Whole Loaf / Shmuel Yosef Agnon -- The Street of Crocodiles / Bruno Schulz -- The Story of My Dovecot / Isaac Babel -- The Spinoza of Market Street / Isaac Bashevis Singer -- The Sacrifice of the Prisoner / Elias Canetti -- Prophet in Our Midst: A Story for Passover / A. M. Klein -- In Dreams Begin Responsibilities / Delmore Schwartz -- Angel Levine / Bernard Malamud -- Looking for Mr. Green / Saul Bellow -- House at the Sea / Natalia Ginzburg --
• The Hand That Fed Me / Isaac Rosenfeld -- The Mirror Maker / Primo Levi -- The Key Game / Ida Fink -- Midrash on Happiness / Grace Paley -- Letter from His Father / Nadine Gordimer -- Family Ties / Clarice Lispector -- The Shawl / Cynthia Ozick -- The True Waiting / Elie Wiesel -- The Zulu and the Zeide / Dan Jacobson -- Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers / Stanley Elkin -- Playing Ball on Hampstead Heath / Mordecai Richler -- Bertha / Aharon Appelfeld -- The Conversion of the Jews / Philip Roth -- Dogs and Books / Danilo Kis -- The Yatir Evening Express / A. B. Yehoshua -- In the Name of His Name / Angelina Muniz-Huberman -- The Ballad of the False Messiah / Moacyr Scliar -- Nomad and Viper / Amos Oz -- The Conversion / Isaac Goldemberg -- Useful Ceremonies / Francine Prose -- Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven / Steve Stern -- The Legacy of Raizel Kaidish: A Story / Rebecca Goldstein -- Postscript to a Dead Language / Melvin Jules Bukiet --
• Bottles / Alcina Lubitch Domecq -- Elvis, Axl, and Me / Janice Eidus -- Cherries in the Icebox / David Grossman -- Three Nightmares / Ilan Stavans -- Endless Visibility / Jonathan Rosen -- The Art Biz / Allegra Goodman.

ISBN

0195110196 (alk. paper)

LCCN

98016631

OCLC

ocm38856168

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries