{"product_id":"from-the-jewish-provinces-9780810144392","title":"From the Jewish Provinces","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShowcases a brilliant and nearly forgotten voice in Yiddish letters. An insistently original writer whose abrupt departure from the literary scene is the stuff of legend, Fradl Shtok composed stories that describe the travails of young women looking for love and desire in a world that spurns them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Finkin and Schachter offer a long-overdue reevaluation of Shtok’s prose writing, analyzing the stories clearly while leaving much for readers to discern for themselves . . . a welcome addition to the (slowly) growing corpus of Yiddish women’s prose in English translation.” —Anita Norich, author of Writing in Tongues: Translating Yiddish in the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranslators' Note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEuropean Stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe First Train\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Daredevil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Village\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy the Mill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Glass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Veil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHinde Gitel's Daughter-in-Law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Archbishop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFriedrich Schiller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViburnum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlmonds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Pear Tree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShorn Hair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite Furs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCholera\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Spa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican Stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Cut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe First Patient\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Dance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Speech\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSisters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Final Story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Fur Salesman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359195955543,"sku":"9780810144392","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810144392.jpg?v=1754123948","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-the-jewish-provinces-9780810144392","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}