A Provincial Newspaper and Other Stories by Miriam Karpilove Paperback Book

Description: A Provincial Newspaper and Other Stories by Miriam Karpilove, Jessica Kirzane When the young narrator of Miriam Karpiloves A Provincial Newspaper leaves New York to work for a new Yiddish newspaper in Massachusetts, she expects to be treated with respect as a professional writer. Instead, she finds herself underpaid and overworked. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When the young narrator of Miriam Karpiloves A Provincial Newspaper leaves New York to work for a new Yiddish newspaper in Massachusetts, she expects to be treated with respect as a professional writer. Instead, she finds herself underpaid and overworked. In this slapstick novella, Karpiloves narrator lampoons the gaggle of blundering publishers and editors who put her through the ringer and spit her back out again.Along with A Provincial Newspaper, this captivating collection includes nineteen stories originally published in Forverts in the 1930s, during Karpiloves time as a staff writer at that newspaper. In the stories, we find a large cast of characters—an older woman navigating widowhood, a writer rebuffed by dismissive audiences, American-born Jewish girls unable to communicate with Yiddish-speaking immigrants, and a painter so overcome with jealousy about his muses potential lover that he misses his opportunity with her—each portrayed with both sympathy and irony, in ways unexpected and delightful. Also included are Karpiloves recollections of her arrival in Palestine in 1926, chronicled with the same buoyant cynicism and witty repartee that is beloved by readers of her fiction. Author Biography Miriam Karpilove (1886-1956) published dramas, criticism, sketches, short stories, and novellas in a variety of prominent Yiddish periodicals during her fifty-year career. She was a member of the Forverts staff, publishing seven novels and numerous works of short fiction between 1929 and 1937.Jessica Kirzane is assistant instructional professor of Yiddish in the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Chicago and editor in chief of In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies. She is the translator of Diary of a Lonely Girl, or The Battle against Free Love, also by Miriam Karpilove. Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsTranslators NoteIntroductionPart 1. A Provincial NewspaperPart 2. My Three Years in the Land of IsraelPart 3. Other StoriesA Marriage and a DivorceIn a Country TownJust Like the Young Folks DoMan and RadioPerfectly SuitedA Promise KeptVictims of LoveThey Both Were MarriedGood News—and BadWere People, After AllFrom the Same YikhesA Clever MotherOld SarahThe Old Man Ran AwayA Kosher Swimming Pool (A Scene in Coney Island)The ShadkhnShe Was in ParisThe InvitationFor a Bit of RespectGlossary Review These wonderful and unique stories describe a Jewish world rarely seen in Yiddish letters, a world of women writers and dreamers. Kirzanes translations bring these stories to life for the contemporary reader." - Allison Schachter, Vanderbilt University"An important work of feminist excavation that is so much more fun than that phrase implies, giving us a chance to read the words of a lively, complex writer in her prime. Kirzanes translation makes the Yiddish inflections sing with life, and made me feel a warm connection to a writerly foremother I barely knew before." - Sarah Seltzer, executive editor, Lilith Magazine Promotional This charming collection brings a new appreciation to the broad range of Karpiloves sharp and unsparing pen. Details ISBN0815611587 Author Jessica Kirzane Pages 296 Publisher Syracuse University Press Series Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art Year 2023 Translator Jessica Kirzane ISBN-13 9780815611585 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-09-15 Imprint Syracuse University Press Country of Publication United States Translated from Yiddish AU Release Date 2023-09-15 NZ Release Date 2023-09-15 US Release Date 2023-09-15 UK Release Date 2023-09-15 Place of Publication New York ISBN-10 0815611587 DEWEY 839.133 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:143604997;

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