A Bridge of Longing

The Lost Art of Yiddish Storytelling

David Roskies

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$37.00 • £32.95 • €33.95

ISBN 9780674081406

Publication Date: 09/01/1996

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6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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1. The People of the Lost Book
2. The Master of Prayer: Nahman of Bratslav
3. The Master of Lore: Isaac Meir Dik
4. The Conjuror: I.L. Pereti
5. Mythologist of the Mundane: Sholem Aleichem
6. The Storyteller as High Priest: Der Nister
7. The Last of the Purim Players: Itzik Manger
8. The Demon as Storyteller: Isaac Bashevis Singer
9. Estates of Memory: After the Holocaust
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