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ISBN 978-0-8143-1849-2 ISBN 10: 0-8143-1849-5 9 780814 318492 FnL1 00 0000 A SHTETL AND OTHER YIDDISH NOVELLAS A SHTETL AND O T H ER Y I D D I SH NOVELLAS, Edited, with introductions and notes, by RUTH R. WISSE WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS DETROIT Copyright © 1973,1986 by Ruth R. Wisse. Originally published by Behrman House, Inc., New York. All rights are reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission from Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A Shtetl and other Yiddish novellas. 1. Short stories, Yiddish—Translations into English. 2. Short stories, Eng- lish—Translations from Yiddish. I. Wisse, Ruth R. PJ5191.E8S54 1986 839'.093'0108 86-15794 ISBN 0-8143-1848-7 ISBN 0-8143-1849-5 (pbk.) ISBN 978-0-8143-1849-2 eISBN 978-0-8143-3989-3 For Masza and Leo Roskies, my parents CONTENTS Preface ix Introduction A SHTETL 23 /. M. Weissenberg AT THE DEPOT 79 David Bergelson ROMANCE OF A HORSE THIEF 141 Joseph Opatoshu BEHIND A MASK 213 S. Ansky OF BYGONE DAYS 249 Mendele Mocher Sforim Sources 359

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