The Shtetl: Image and Reality by Gennady Estraikh

Studies in Yiddish

The Shtetl: Image and Reality

Gennady Estraikh

192 pages paperback

1 edition

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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There is no possibility of entering the world of Yiddish, its literature and culture, without understanding what the shtetl was, how it functioned, and what tensions charged its existence. Whether idealized or denigrated, evaluated as the site of ...

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