Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another
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Author: Peninnah Schram
Publisher: Jason Aronson Inc.
Place of printing: London
Year of publication: 1987
Peninnah Schram, widely regarded as one of the great Jewish storytellers of our generation, has collected and retold sixty-four delightful Jewish folktales to create Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another. Ms. Schram, who believes that stories form 'the link between the generations, ' helps forge that link with this book, ensuring that these stories will continue to live and breathe in the modern world. The life force animating these tales is almost tangible. The printed words seem to vibrate, as if the author possessed the voices of various tellers and lent their lilting tones and ripe inflections to the printed page. Furthermore, the laughter, sobs, and delighted cries of countless listeners also echo in these pages. Schram, who has written a thoughtful, informative introduction for each story, demonstrates on every page her belief that the stories 'connect to our lives.' And when the lifelike characters woven into Schram's magic tapestry suffer or enjoy the fates they most deserve, we rejoice, secure in their storybook world?a world where justice, however incomprehensible, is always done, and where we attain happiness by living in accordance with Jewish law and in harmony with the world's natural order. Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another abounds in a gentle wisdom that presses itself upon our complex and often self-contradictory lives, infusing us with patience, tolerance, and hope. We identify with the kings and princes, fools and beggars, heroes and leaders, villains and witches of yesteryear because, though our lives are vastly different from theirs, we share their moral choices and experience their dilemmas. Schram joins Jewish storytellers throughout the ages, linking past to present and preserving an invaluable legacy for generations yet unborn
Product Condition:
Example in good condition. Dust jacket with slight yellowing, dust spots and signs of wear at the corners. Top corner of front flap missing. Cuts yellowed and with traces of dust. Pages yellowed, especially at the edges. English text. Text in english. Book in good condition.
ISBN Code: 0876689675
EAN: 9780876689677
Pages: XXXV,508
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 24
Width: 17
Description
English text. Text in english.
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