| The Stories of David Bergelson Contributor(s): Werman, Golda (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0815604025 ISBN-13: 9780815604020 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1996 Annotation: The writings of David Bergelson - virtually unknown to readers in the United States - are now available in this exciting collection Composed of two short stories and a novella, this volume brings to life Bergelson's rich, elegiac prose. Golda Werman's highly literate translation perfectly captures his elusive literary style. Bergelson's writings evoke the declining world of small-town Eastern European Jews. His world captures the dreariness of the uncommitted life. His characters are cast adrift in a society whose traditions are coming unhinged by powerful modernist forces. In her Introduction Werman offers readers an engaging and tragic portrait of Bergelson, who was arrested on orders from Stalin and died in a prison camp in 1952. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Jewish - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96017952 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.51" W x 8" (0.47 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The writings of David Bergelson-virtually unknown to readers in the United States-are now available in this exciting collection. Composed of two short stories and a novella, this volume brings to life Bergelson's rich, elegiac prose. Golda Werman's highly literate translation perfectly captures his elusive literary style. Bergelson's writings evoke the declining world of small-town Eastern European Jews. His world captures the dreariness of the uncommitted life. His characters are cast adrift in a society whose traditions are coming unhinged by powerful modernist forces. In her Introduction Werman offers readers an engaging and tragic portrait of Bergelson, who was arrested on orders from Stalin and died in a prison camp in 1952. |