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Author:

Stock, Fradel, 1890-1990, author.

Title:

From the Jewish provinces : selected stories / Fradl Shtok ; translated from the Yiddish by Jordan D. Finkin and Allison Schachter.

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xxxiii, 105 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Stock, Fradel,--1890-1990--Translations into English.
Women--Austria--Fiction.
Women--New York--New York--Fiction.
Women.
Austria.
New York (State)--New York.
Fiction.
Short stories.
Translations.
Short stories.

Other Authors:

Finkin, Jordan D., 1976- translator.
Schachter, Allison, 1974- translator.

Contents:

American Stories -- A Fur Salesman. The Daredevil -- In the Village -- By the Mill -- A Glass -- T he Veil -- Hinde Gitel's Daughter-in-Law -- The Archbishop -- Friedrich Schiller -- Another Bride -- Viburnum -- Almonds -- The Pear Tree -- Shorn Hair -- Wine -- White FursCholera -- A Spa -- American Stories -- A Cut -- The First Patient -- A Dance -- A Speech -- Sisters -- The Final Story -- A Fur Salesman.

Summary:

"This book highlights a brilliant and nearly forgotten voice in Yiddish letters. The collected stories, spanning Austro-Hungary and New York City, depict young women looking for love and desire in a world that spurns them"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0810144409
9780810144408
0810144395
9780810144392

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1243351959

LCCN:

2021031323

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)