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When Shlemiel went to Warsaw & other stories / Isaac Bashevis Singer ; pictures by Margot Zemach ; translated by the author and Elizabeth Shub.
LIBRA PJ5129.S49 W46
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991.
- Series:
- Ariel book
- An Ariel book
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991--Translations into English.
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis.
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991.
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- Translations.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth (donor) (Libra copy)
- Physical Description:
- 115 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1968]
- Summary:
- Eight stories based on traditional Jewish themes from Eastern Europe include: Shrewd Todie & Lyzer the Miser; Tsirtsur & Peziza; Rabbi Leib & the Witch Cunegunde; The Elders of Chelm & Genendel's Key; Shlemiel, the Businessman; Utzel & His Daughter Poverty; Menaseh's Dream; When Shlemiel went to Warsaw.
- Contents:
- Shrewd Todie & Lyzer the miser
- Tsirtsur & Peziza
- Rabbi Leib & the witch Cunegunde
- The elders of Chelm & Genendel's key
- Shlemiel, the businessman
- Utzel & his daughter Poverty
- Menaseh's dream
- When Shlemiel went to Warsaw.
- Notes:
- Hebrew translation has title: Shelumiʼel ish-Ḥelem ṿe-ʻod sipurim.
- "First printing, 1968."
- "Designed by Atha Tehon"--t.p. verso.
- "Jacket Design by Atha Tehon"--Dust jacket.
- Newbery Honor Book, 1969.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Susan Tehon 2014.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Tehon Collection copy: newspaper article laid in.
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by the Board of Governors of Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Short stories. English. Selections. When Shlemiel went to Warsaw & other stories.
- OCLC:
- 178791
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