Poor Matza, Harvey Fink
Poor Matza, Harvey Fink
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Poor Matza
Selected Stories of Avrom Reisen Translated from the Yiddish by Harvey Fink

Author: Harvey Fink

Narrator: David Skulski

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/15/2014

Categories: Fiction, Jewish Fiction

Synopsis

Avrom Reisen (1876-1953) was an acclaimed and prolific Yiddish poet and short story writer for the American Yiddish dailies. This is a superb translation by Harvey Fink of some of Reisen's best short stories. At the time of Reisen's death, the Jewish Spectator wrote: "There are many Yiddish writers who owe their success to Reisen's encouragement. For years he published and edited, under great sacrifices, Yiddish journals with the primary aim of providing a platform for young, struggling writers... He had no arrogance, no pretensions and no personal vanity." This is the third of Harvey Fink's works of translation. He has also translated, `From Man to Man' and `That Is How It Is' - works of Moishe Nadir.

Reviews

Goodreads review by JC

I really loved all these stories. They were written with such affection and good humour. I did a podcasting workshop a couple years ago and one of the participants made their podcast about Yiddish, and that was my first real introduction to the language. While working on my own audio piece, I learne......more

Goodreads review by April

3.5 stars... I like that these stories exist even if they weren't entirely un-put-down-able. The intro warned that these aren't really plot heavy; instead they are celebrations of the mundane moments of regular (Jewish) people. Apparently a very important Yiddish writer, Reisen deserves to be transla......more

Goodreads review by Toni FGMAMTC

This is a collection of short stories. Most of the characters are Jewish. Some of the stories are sweet. Some feel a little sad. Some are quirky. They're all just little slice of life tales of regular characters.......more

Goodreads review by Tim

Interesting set if short stories......more

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