"A provincial newspaper was originally published in Yiddish as A provints tsaytung (New York : 1926), All short stories in part three were published in the Yiddish daily Forverts in the 1930s" --Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Part 1. A provincial newspaper -- Part 2. My three years in the land of Israel -- Part 3. Other stories. -- A marriage and a divorce -- In a country town -- Just like the young folks do -- Man and radio -- Perfectly suited -- A promise kept -- Victims of love -- They both were married -- Good news - and bad -- We're people, after all -- From the same yikhes -- A clever mother -- Old Sarah -- The old man ran away -- A kosher swimming pool (a scene in Coney Island) -- The shadkhn -- She was in Paris -- The invitation -- For a bit of respect.
Summary:
"In this collection of stories, Miriam Karpilove captures a wide range of figures whose foibles and woes are in turns hilarious and affecting, from an underappreciated and overworked young woman journalist to an older man who runs away from an old age home because he does not want to live among the dying. This collection brings to new audiences the broad range of Yiddish writer Miriam Karpilove's sharp and unsparing pen while also shedding light on the conditions under which she lived and wrote"-- Provided by publisher.
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