A Novel
»Och vad skall det bli av mig, pappa?« undrar Dvoyrele, förpassad som hon är till det slutna livet i en from judisk shtetl i Polen vid 1900-talets början. En flicka behöver inte bli något alls när hon blir stor, säger hennes far rabbinen. Men det ...
"I do not know of a single woman in Yiddish literature who wrote better than she did." -- Isaac Bashevis Singer "A daring feat... Recommended for all libraries." -- Library Journal "The reappearance of this novel will be welcomed by students of Jewish and Yiddish literature and 20th-century feminist writing. Summing up: Recommended. All levels." -- Choice Kreitman's writing is clear, marvellously descriptive and occasionally evocative of ... her brother, Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer... A wonderful introduction by Ilan Stavans and comprehensive afterword by Anita Norich draw the parallels with Esther Kreitman's life and place the book in historical perspective." -- Jewish Book World "Above all, the sheer story-telling skill of Kreitman's prose reminds us how past worlds are evoked through detail, practical reminders of daily lives and customs which no longer exist." -- The Jewish Quarterly "[Kreitman] clearly has the same deep, haunting literary storyteller's gifts as her siblings." -- Lilith "This new edition, with its timely critical reappraisal of Kreitman's place in her famous family as well as [The Dance of the Demons] place in Yiddish literature, marks a long overdue effort to translate the rest of Kreitman's work, and is still, after so many decades, a haunting and haunted book." -- The Jewish Reader