Itzik Manger (158 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The raucously witty Yiddish classic about a Jewish Paradise afflicted by very human temptations and pains, in a new translation.

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Paperback. Condition: New. The raucously witty Yiddish classic about a Jewish Paradise afflicted by very human temptations and pains, in a new translationOn being expelled from Paradise, young Samuel Abba pulls a crafty trick, managing to arrive on earth with his memory intact. He quickly begins regaling the humans around him with mischievous stories of a Paradise far from their expectations: a world of drunken angels, lewd patriarchs and the same divisions and temptations that shape the human world.The Book of Paradise is a comic masterpiece, and the only novel by one of the great Yiddish writers. Written in the midst of rising anti-Semitism in 1930s Europe, its raucous blend of sacred and profane is a slyly profound reflection of the author's turbulent times.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. The raucously witty Yiddish classic about a Jewish Paradise afflicted by very human temptations and pains, in a new translationOn being expelled from Paradise, young Samuel Abba pulls a crafty trick, managing to arrive on earth with his memory intact. He quickly begins regaling the humans around him with mischievous stories of a Paradise far from their expectations: a world of drunken angels, lewd patriarchs and the same divisions and temptations that shape the human world.The Book of Paradise is a comic masterpiece, and the only novel by one of the great Yiddish writers. Written in the midst of rising anti-Semitism in 1930s Europe, its raucous blend of sacred and profane is a slyly profound reflection of the author's turbulent times.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Samuel Abba is a young angel who has just been expelled from Paradise. As a result of a crafty trick, Samuel has retained his memory of his previous life. The humans around him plead for details of that other realm, but the Paradise of his mischievous stories is far from their expectations: a world of drunken angels, lewd patriarchs and the very same divisions and temptations that shape the human world.Witty, playful and slyly profound, The Book of Paradise is the only novel by one of the great Yiddish writers. Published here in a lively new translation by Robert Adler Peckerar, it is a comic masterpiece that irreverently blurs the boundaries between ancient and modern and sacred and profane. The raucously witty Yiddish classic about a Jewish Paradise afflicted by very human temptations and pains, in a new translation Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The raucously witty Yiddish classic about a Jewish Paradise afflicted by very human temptations and pains, in a new translation On being expelled from Paradise, young Samuel Abba pulls a crafty trick, managing to arrive on earth with his memory intact. He quickly begins regaling the humans around him with mischievous stories of a Paradise far from their expectations: a world of drunken angels, lewd patriarchs and the same divisions and temptations that shape the human world. The Book of Paradise is a comic masterpiece, and the only novel by one of the great Yiddish writers. Written in the midst of rising anti-Semitism in 1930s Europe, its raucous blend of sacred and profane is a slyly profound reflection of the author's turbulent times. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. Yiddish language. 7.50x4.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover/gebunden. Condition: leichte Gebrauchsspuren. TitelDas Buch vom Paradies : Roman / Itzik Manger. Aus d. Jidd. von Salcia Landmann Person(en)Manger, Itsi? (Verfasser) Werk(e)Dos buch fun Gan-Edn (dt.) Ausgabe2. Aufl. VerlagBerlin : Verlag Volk u. Welt Zeitliche EinordnungErscheinungsdatum: 1982 Umfang/Format246 S. ; 20 cm ISBN/Einband/PreisGewebe : M 11.60 Beziehungenex libris Volk und Welt AnmerkungenAusg. für d. DDR. - Lizenz d. Verl. Kossodo, Genf u. Hamburg Sachgruppe(n)59 Belletristik ; 2303 Belletristik Itzik Manger, der »Prinz der jiddischen Ballade«, wurde 1901 in Czernowitz geboren. Er starb 1969 in Gedera (Israel). Die Welt dieses fahrenden Sängers, dieses genialen und trinkfreudigen »Troubadours«, wie er sich nannte, war das jüdische Osteuropa mit seinen rumänischen, galizischen, polnischen oder baltischen Landschaften und der jiddischen Kultur. Von 1928 bis 1938 lebte Manger in Warschau, der Metropole dieser Kultur. Es waren seine produktivsten Jahre. Durch die Vernichtung der osteuropäischen Juden gingen diese Welt und ihre Sprache unwiederbringlich verloren. Der Dichter überlebte im Exil in England, den USA und Israel. In deutscher Sprache. pages. …

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo in dust jacket, xlvi, 249 pp., notes Translated and edited by Leonard Wolf, with an Introduction by David Roskies and Leonard Wolf.