Description
About the Author
Curt Leviant is a prolific author and translator. Having taught Jewish Studies at Rutgers University, he has translated many great works of Yiddish literature. He served as translator on five Sholem Aleichem collections and on four of Chaim Grade's novels, including The Agunah and The Yeshiva, which won a National Jewish Book Award. His translation of Aleichem's Song of Songs was adapted into an Off-Broadway musical. He has also written a number of novels including The Yemenite Girl, Passion in the Desert, and The Man Who Thought He Was the Messiah, and the novellas Ladies and Gentlemen, the Original Music of the Hebrew Alphabet and Weekend in Mustara.
Reviews
"The first anthology in English to attempt an in-depth presentation of Hebrew literature in English translation. . . . This volume comes especially recommended."-The Nation
"This book provides easy access to primary source material for the student of Judaism and is an important contribution to the field of world literature."-Review and Expositor
Book Information
ISBN 9780827608801
Author Curt Leviant
Format Hardback
Page Count 600
Imprint Jewish Publication Society
Publisher Jewish Publication Society