Description: "These little-known Yiddish stories by Mikhah Yosef Berdichevsky, one of the greatest Jewish writers and public intellectuals of his time, paint the East European Jewish town in a dark light with flashes of desire, humor, and faith"--
Review Quotes: Redfield's new selection of Berdichevsky's Yiddish writings, finely translated and accompanied by an illuminating introduction and helpful notes, will surprise even those who thought they knew Berdichevsky well.-- "Hillel Halkin, author of The Lady of Hebrew and Her Lovers of Zion"