The Book of Paradise(1st Edition) The Wonderful Adventures of Shmuel-Aba Abervo by ItzikManger Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1986 by Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-1528-3, ISBN: 0-8090-1528-5
"A child born in an east European Jewish community retains his memory of life in Paradise in this novel based on Yiddish folklore"
"In the years between 1929 and 1939, when Itzik Manger wrote most of the poetry and fiction that made him famous, his name among Yiddish readers was a household word. Called the Shelley of Yiddish, he was characterized as being "drunk with talent." This book-the first full-length anthology of Manger's work-displays the full range of his genius in poetry, fiction, and criticism. The book begins with an extensive historical, biographical, ..."
Wiersze i poematy by ItzikManger, Zew Szeps Paperback, 179 Pages, Published 1976 by Oficyna Poetów I Malarzy ISBN-13: 978-0-902571-84-6, ISBN: 0-902571-84-2
The Book of Paradise (Pushkin Classics): The Marvellous Life Story of Samuel Abba Strewth (Pushkin Press Classics) by Manger, Itzik, Peckerar, Robert Adler Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2023 by Pushkin Press Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-78227-925-9, ISBN: 1-78227-925-3
"In the years between 1929 and 1939, when Itzik Manger wrote most of the poetry and fiction that made him famous, his name among Yiddish readers was a household word. Called the Shelley of Yiddish, he was characterized as being “drunk with talent.” This book―the first full-length anthology of Manger’s work―displays the full range of his genius in poetry, fiction, and criticism.The book begins with an extensive historical, biographical, a ..."
"Originally published in 1966, An Anthology of Modern Yiddish Poetry was the first bilingual anthology to feature the rich, spirited, and passionate Yiddish poetry of the twentieth century. Nearly thirty years after the original publication, the interest in Yiddish studies continues to grow, making this definitive collection all the more Significant as a study of influences and developments in Yiddish poetry. Ruth Whitman has skillfully ..."
"Proofs of this paradox are the fablesinverse of Eliezer Steinbarg (1880– 1932)
and the whole comic oeuvre of Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916). Among a
somewhat younger generation of writers, however, only one created a corpus of
ballads and Bible poems so seamless that they might have been written by the
anonymous “folk”; a body of autobiographical fiction so innocent and playful as to
make the Jewish child into a harbinger of hope; and ..."