The Shtetl: Image and Reality by Gennady Estraikh

The Shtetl: Image and Reality

Studies in Yiddish

Gennady Estraikh

192 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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There is no possibility of entering the world of Yiddish, its literature and culture, without understanding what the shtetl was, how it functioned, and what tensions charged its existence. Whether idealized or denigrated, evaluated as the site of ...

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