"In this collection of stories, Miriam Karpilove captures a wide range of figures whose foibles and woes are in turns hilarious and affecting, from an underappreciated and overworked young woman journalist to an older man who runs away from an old age home because he does not want to live among the dying. This collection brings to new audiences the broad range of Yiddish writer Miriam Karpilove's sharp and unsparing pen while also shedding light on...

A collection of stories from the early- and mid-20th century Yiddish literary tradition, in a variety of genres, by Eastern European writers such as Moyshe Nadir, Jacob Reisfeder, and Sonya Kantor.