18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798887192062)

A 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in the Anthologies CategoryThis anthology, the first of this kind in twenty-five years, collects eighteen astounding works of Jewish fiction.
This is the first anthology of translated multilingual Jewish fiction in 25 years: a collection of 18 splendid stories, each translated into English from a different language: Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Ladino, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Yiddish. These compelling, humorous, and moving stories, written by eminent authors that include Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Isaac Babel, and Lili Berger, reflect both the diversities and the commonalities within Jewish culture, and will make you laugh, cry, and think. This beautiful book is easily accessible and enjoyable not only for Jewish readers, but for story-lovers of all backgrounds.Authors (in the order they appear in the book) include: Elie Wiesel, Varda Fiszbein, S. Y. Agnon, Gábor T. Szántó, Jasminka Domas, Augusto Segre, Lili Berger, Peter Sichrovsky, Maciej Plaza, Entela Kasi, Norman Manea, Luize Valente, Eliya Karmona, Birte Kont, Michel Fais, Irena Dousková, Mario Levi, and Isaac Babel.

Author: Nora Gold
ISBN-10: 8887192065
ISBN-13: 9798887192062
Publisher: Cherry Orchard Books
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2023
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/03/2023