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04534aam a2200601 i 4500 001 911E7766664511EDB99D19AA23ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221117010035 008 210821t20222022miu b 000 j eng d 020 $a 0814349277 020 $a 9780814349274 020 $a 0814349285 020 $a 9780814349281 035 $a (OCoLC)1264457646 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d YDX $d CDX $d OCLCF $d XFF $d NUI $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h yid 043 $a e-ur--- $a e-li--- $a e-ur--- 050 4 $a PJ5129.B5744 $b F4313 2022 050 4 $a PJ5129.B5745 $b N613 2022 082 04 $a 839/.133 $2 23/eng/20220713 100 1 $a Blankshteyn, Chana, $e author. 240 10 $a Noveles. $l English 245 10 $a Fear : $b and other stories / $c Chana Blankshteyn ; translated by Anita Norich. 264 1 $a Detroit, Michigan : $b Wayne State University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xxii, 111 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "Fear and Other Storiesis a translation from Yiddish to English of the collected stories of Chana Blankshteyn (~1860-1939), a woman who may be almost entirely forgotten now but was widely admired during her long and productive life. The mere existence of these stories is itself a remarkable feat as the collection was published in July 1939, just before the Nazis invaded Poland and two weeks before Blankshteyn's death. Anita Norich's introduction argues that this is not a work of Holocaust literature (there are no death camps, partisans or survivors of WWII), but anti-Semitism is palpable, as is the threat of war and its aftermath. What could it have felt like to live under these conditions? How might a woman who was a feminist, a Jew, and an activist understand the recent past of war and revolution through which she had lived and also confront the horror that was beginning to unfold? The nine stories in this volume take place primarily in Vilna, as well as various parts of Europe. As if presaging what was to come, World War I and Russian civil wars are the backdrops to these stories, as Jews and non-Jews find themselves under German occupation or caught up in the revolutionary fervor that promised them much and took away almost everything. The young women in Blankshteyn's stories insist on their independence, on equality with their lovers, and on meaningful work. Like the men in the stories, they study, work, and yearn for love. The situations in which these characters find themselves may be unfamiliar to a contemporary reader, but their reactions to the turmoil, the frighteningly changing times, and the desire for love and self-expression are deeply resonant with today's audience. The history may be specific, but the emotions are universal. Blankshteyn's stories are both a view of the final gasp of Eastern European Jewish culture and a compelling modern perspective on the broader world. Students and scholars of history and culture, women's literature, and translation studies will wonder how they've gone this long without reading Blankshteyn's work"-- Provided by publisher. 546 $a Translated from the Yiddish. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Fear -- Do not punish us -- The first hand -- The decree -- Director Vulman -- Who? -- An incident -- Colleague Sheyndele -- Our courtyard. 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 650 0 $a Yiddish fiction $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Short stories, Yiddish. 650 0 $a Jewish women $z Europe $x Social conditions $y 20th century $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Jewish women $x Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00983080 650 7 $a Short stories, Yiddish. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01117440 650 7 $a Yiddish fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01182787 651 0 $a Europe $x History $y 1918-1945 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Vilnius (Lithuania) $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Soviet Union $x History $y Revolution, 1917-1921 $v Fiction. 651 7 $a Europe. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245064 651 7 $a Lithuania $z Vilnius. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01223003 651 7 $a Soviet Union. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210281 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726740 655 7 $a War fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01922585 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a War fiction. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Norich, Anita, $d 1952- $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117024842.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=911E7766664511EDB99D19AA23ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search