{"product_id":"from-a-distant-relation-paperback-1","title":"From a Distant Relation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMikhah Yosef Berdichevsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Adam Redfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJames Adam Redfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his short life (1865-1921), Mikhah Yosef Berdichevsky was a versatile and influential man of letters: an innovative Hebrew prose stylist; a collector of Jewish folklore; a scholar of ancient Jewish and Christian history. He was at once a peer of Friedrich Nietzsche, the Brothers Grimm, and a diverse circle of Jewish writers in the Russian Empire and German-speaking countries. As a Yiddish writer, however, he remains unknown to gen-eral readers. Written in 1902-1906, but not published in full until the 1920s, his stories were dismissed by prominent critics and viewed as out of step with the literary taste of his own time. Yet these vivid portraits of a small Jewish town (\u003ci\u003eshtetl)\u003c\/i\u003e in the southern Russian Empire can speak powerfully to new audiences today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith enchanting humor, social satire, and verbal dexterity, \u003ci\u003eFrom a Distant Relation \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the world of the \u003ci\u003eshtetl\u003c\/i\u003e in a sharp realist prose style. Themes of repressed desire, poverty, relations with non-Jews, and historic upheavals echo in a cast of memorable characters. Many of the stories and monologues feature strong female protago-nists, while others shed light on misogyny in the culture of the shtetl. At the border between fiction and reportage, with a gritty underbelly and a deceptive naïveté, Berdichevsky's stories explore dynamics of wealth, power, and gender in an intimate setting that resonates profoundly with contemporary Jewish life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMikhah Yosef Berdichevsky\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the most important European Jewish intellectuals of his time. He was a well-known translator and editor of Jewish folklore in both Hebrew and German. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e James Adam Redfield\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of Biblical and Talmudic literatures in the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University and visiting assistant professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His edition and translation of \u003ci\u003eFrom a Distant Relation \u003c\/i\u003ewas the result of his 2016 Yiddish Book Center translation fellowship.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47251075105017,"sku":"9780815611363","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eStJNEpHK0gwaE5hYlpYTnFVdWxldz09_d5b52e87-b08e-4b27-92cd-d46cae12539b.webp?v=1768670172","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/from-a-distant-relation-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}