Classic Yiddish Fiction: Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and Peretz edited by Ken Frieden Holocaust History his stories were dismissed by

his stories were dismissed by prominent critics and viewed as out of step with the literary taste of his own time

their real names are never given

was also the foremost interpreter of Sholom Aleichem's work

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Classic Yiddish Fiction: Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and Peretz edited by Ken Frieden Holocaust History his stories were dismissed byYiddish literature, despite its remarkable achievements during an era bounded by Russian reforms in the 1860s and the First World War, has never before been surveyed by a scholarly monograph in English. Classic Yiddish Fiction provides an overview and interprets the Yiddish fiction of S. Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I. L. Peretz. While analyzing their works, Frieden situates these three authors in their literary world and in relation to their