{"product_id":"the-further-adventures-of-menachem-mendl-new-york-warsaw-vienna-yehupetz-hardcover","title":"The Further Adventures of Menachem-Mendl: New York-Warsaw-Vienna-Yehupetz - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSholem Aleichem\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAliza Shvrin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMenachem-Mendl is one of Sholem Aleichem's most delightful literary creations, a dreamy optimist who travels to New York and across Eastern Europe in search of an elusive fortune at the approach of World War I. His wife, Sheyne-Sheyndl, and children are left behind in the shtetl of Kasrilevka. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in 1913 and previously unpublished in the United States, \u003ci\u003eThe Further \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdventures of Menachem-Mendl\u003c\/i\u003e consists of Menachem-Mendl's letters home and his wife's often tart replies. Working for Yiddish newspapers, Menachem-Mendl writes his opinions of world events and Jewish problems. Through the eyes of this shrewd smalltown Jew we see events leading to a cataclysmic war, which include his uncannily familiar treatment of conflicts in the Balkans. Menachem-Mendl describes the Zionist Congress in Vienna with Aleichem's inimitable humor, exaggeration, and realism. In her replies to her husband, Sheyne-Sheyndl reminds him that his family grapples with crushing poverty and persecution. Aliza Shevrin's fluid translation captures the idiomatic richness\u003cbr\u003eof the original Yiddish and brings Aleichem's vanished culture to vibrant life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSholem Aleichem\u003c\/b\u003e created the original Tevye the Dairyman of Broadway and Hollywood fame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAliza Shvrin\u003c\/b\u003e has translated and published five novels and three collections of children's short stories by Sholem Aleichem as well as short stories and a novel by I. B. Singer.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.28 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757818675488,"sku":"9780815606772","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/456539e85bea6f896834d1bcdfb47e03.webp?v=1780112467","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-further-adventures-of-menachem-mendl-new-york-warsaw-vienna-yehupetz-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}