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The Jewish Book of Fables
Expertly translated from the Yiddish by award-winning author and translator Curt Leviant, this edition features the fables printed in both English and Yiddish.
The Woman Who Looked Like Sophia L.
With the lyrical joy and lighthearted wordplay that have won him critical acclaim, celebrated Jewish author Curt Leviant delivers a charming literary love story against the …
Me, Mo, Mu, or Mod
In Venice, the narrator meets two women, one a devout and sensual Parisian, the other, an enigmatic beauty, who is mute but can hear. At the wedding--whoever bride may be--a 17th …
Masterpieces of Hebrew Literature
Masterpieces of Hebrew Literature is a true masterpiece of its own—one of the few collections in which readers can find important works of Jewish tradition and culture by such …
The Yemenite Girl
This award-winning novel is “a delightful, inventive tale” about the pursuit of love and literary fame from “a compassionate and witty satirist” (Kirkus Reviews). It’s the …
King Artus
An English translation of one of the most fascinating works in medieval Hebrew letters. A rarity, this refurbished Hebrew translation of an Arthurian romance is the only known text …
Kafka's Son
Set in New York City and Prague in 1992, Kafka’s Son follows a first-person narrator who is a documentary filmmaker. In a New York synagogue, he meets an elderly Czech Jew named …
King of Yiddish
A serio-comic novel that plunges into the life of Shmulik Gafni, an Israeli professor of Yiddish. Two contrasting motivations plague Gafni: his extended, obsessive search in Poland …
Moshkeleh the Thief
This first English translation of Sholom Aleichem’s rediscovered novel, Moshkeleh the Thief, has a riveting plot, an unusual love story, and a keenly observed portrayal of an …
Diary of an Adulterous Woman
“A comedy of errors [and] bedroom farce” from an award-winning author critically acclaimed for his satiric stories of love and Jewish experience (Kirkus Reviews). Reunited at …
Old Country Tales
Tinocchia: The Adventures of a Jewish Puppetta
While in the archives room of the Siena Municipal Public Library, I noticed a cardboard box labeled "Lorenzini?" Since Lorenzini wrote Pinocchio under the pen-name Collodi, I …