Selected Works of Mendele Moykher-Sforim, edited by Marvin S. Zuckerman

Here, for the first time, translated and collected in one volume, are several of the most celebrated works of Mendele.

Two complete novels are presented, one of which, The Little Man, published in Yiddish in 1864, is considered the book that started the modern Yiddish literary renaissance.

Also presented for the first time in its entirety in English translation is Mendele's Notes for My Biography, as well as selections from three of Mendele's greatest novels, a complete short story, a scholarly introduction including a biography, chronology, bibliography and glossary.

Hardcover 1996