Jewish tales from Eastern Europe / selected and retold by Nadia Grosser Nagarajan ; foreword by Howard Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nagarajan, Nadia Grosser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish legends.

Jewish folk literature--Europe, Eastern.

Jewish folk literature.

Eastern Europe.

Physical Description:

xxi, 265 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Northvale, NJ : Jason Aronson, 1999.

Summary:

Many of the stories included in this book may be considered treasures that have yet to be presented to the Jewish and general public. Some versions of these tales have been published in different anthologies and languages over the years, but most are basically unknown. The author includes stories from varied oral and written sources, mainly Czech, Slovak, German, some Yiddish, as well as Polish and Hungarian. 'Storytelling, ' says Nagarajan, 'is perhaps the only tool that creates a path leading through the many layers of the past, shedding light on it without destroying the mystery and magic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265)

ISBN:

076576086X

OCLC:

40821024